It's one of the personality traits Sir Ernest Shackleton looked for, when signing-on crew for his expeditions.

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Phillips traced the steps of famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.

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Marco Polo was on there, as was Sir Francis Drake, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Lewis and Clark and Shackleton.

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