Ernest Shackleton Quotes

From The Sentimental Point Of View, It Is The Last Great Polar Journey That Can Be Made.

After Months Of Want And Hunger, We Suddenly Found Ourselves Able To Have Meals Fit For The Gods, And With Appetites The Gods Might Have Envied.

Teachers Should Be Very Careful Not To Spoil Their Pupils' Taste For Poetry For All Time By Making It A Task And An Imposition.

Now My Eyes Are Turned From The South To The North, And I Want To Lead One More Expedition. This Will Be The Last... To The North Pole.

If I Had Not Some Strength Of Will I Would Make A First Class Drunkard.

(was He Talking About A Polar Expedition, Or Marriage?) -jorge Men Wanted: For Hazardous Journey. Small Wages, Bitter Cold, Long Months Of Complete Darkness, Constant Danger, Safe Return Doubtful. Honour And Recognition In Case Of Success.

I Do Not Know What 'moss' Stands For In The Proverb , But If It Stood For Useful Knowledge... I Gathered More Moss By Rolling Than I Ever Did At School.

After The Conquest Of The South Pole By Amundsen Who, By A Narrow Margin Of Days Only, Was In Advance Of The British Expedition Under Scott, There Remained But One Great Main Object Of Antarctic Journeying - The Crossing Of The South Polar Continent From Sea To Sea

The Noise Resembles The Roar Of Heavy, Distant Surf. Standing On The Stirring Ice One Can Imagine It Is Disturbed By The Breathing And Tossing Of A Mighty Giant Below.

One Feels 'the Dearth Of Human Words, The Roughness Of Mortal Speech' In Trying To Describe Things Intangible.

I Thought You'd Rather Have A Live Donkey Than A Dead Lion.

Optimism Is The True Moral Courage