„MEN WANTED for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger. Safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in event of success”.
This “job advertisement” published in a daily newspaper was used more than 100 years ago to put together the crew for an Antarctic expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton. In the end, after three years in the ice, they all returned, but fortunately the requirements and the approach have changed; today it looks like this with us: