External Influence On Shackleton And His Crew

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The second internal and external influence on Shackleton and his crew would be the decision to eat the dogs they brought on board in order to survive. The internal influence would be the moral decision to decide to eat the dogs and if it was the right thing to do. As a leader, making an internal decision to eat dogs for survival can be a tough judgement especially since the crew became very close to the dogs. To have the crew eat the dogs for survival is another reason why the expedition went horribly wrong. The external factor would be having no food or water and having to resort to eating the dogs for survival.
The last internal and external factor would be the up-to 80 foot waves they faced while sailing and having to make the internal

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