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Subject: (Interview). Subtitle: Paul Schurke, Elizabeth Arnold. Timecode In: 00:08:44. Timecode out: 00:36:40. Notes: Arctic expedition discussion. Equipment Notes: DPA4006 omni mics; Sonosax preamp. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS Show: North Pole Log of DAT #: 11 "Back in Resolute #3" Date: 5/1/99 ng = not good ok = okay g = good vg = very good 1:07 -7:42 traditional throat singing (cassette dub) EA 8:46 Tell me who you are. PS 8:48 Paul Shurke. EA 8:49 And where you're from. PS 8:50 Ely, Minnesota. EA 8:52 How are you feeling about the, I mean I know it's probably a weird time to be asking this because it's just over and you're probably going through some mind decompression or whatever, but how are you feeling about this trip? PS 9:05 Well, this trip was a very fulfilling leadership experience for me. The, bringing a group of people together who come from a wide variety of backgrounds and all of whom are essentially starting from scratch to tackle an endeavor of this magnitude presents immense leadership challenges. So I'm very grateful we all came off the nice not only successful, but more importantly, safe. We've got a few folks that are tending to some ailments, but I think they'll rebound nicely and for the first day or so you're simply in the rebound mode where you're getting your engines recharged, but I think we'll all savor a real sense of personal satisfaction in having pulled this off, both individually and as a group and for myself in particular, what I draw most from this is an opportunity to sort of polish the art of leadership and that becomes particularly compelling when you're doing it with an adventure of this magnitude and with a group of people for who this is, truly represents a peak life experience. EA 10:18 What's success, in terms of a trip like this? PS 10:22 Well, for me, from my perspective as a leader, success is to see the chemistry happen where a group of disparate individuals with differing personal and professional goals suddenly all meld. Somewhere halfway down the trail there's a bonding that takes place. It takes some immense challenges, group challenges, for that bonding to happen and so I, you know, I look for those kinds of opportunities on the trail. I mean, obviously, they come with the territory on a trip of they type, this type. They happen every day out there and it, I think it accelerates the bonding process as well, but if I feel and see that happening with a group, then for me, success has been achieved from a leadership perspective. And I certainly savored that on this trip when there were significant challenges early on to foster bonding and the chemistry where people begin to see that one, the synergy that comes from a team, that one plus one is a lot more than two, that people can complement each others' skills and experiences and resourcefulness and we saw elements of that on the trail out there and that, that truly is the beauty of the team process. EA 11:42 Can you give us an example? PS 11:45 Well, I think the sterling example of this trip was the fact that our team included a fellow, Corky Peterson, who's 69 years old, and frankly, when I presented the team profile to the group, months back, a few folks winced at the reference to Corky's involvement and particularly because of his age, wondering if someone who's half-again as old as any of us could really pull this off, but Corky was an amazing spark plug throughout this entire journey and I think helped pull other folks who were wrestling with self-doubts about their ability to really make, to pull this off. Really pulled them to the fore as well and the, and he rose to challenges that others shied away from. For example, of course, one of the potentially serious incidents on a trip of this kind is taking a plunge in the Arctic sea, and more than a few folk... (Notes truncated)
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