By Endurance We Conquer.

Men Wanted For Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages For Long Hours Of Arduous Labour Under Brutal Conditions; Months Of Continual Darkness And Extreme Cold; Great Risk To Life And Limb From Disease, Accidents And Other Hazards; Small Chance Of Fame In Case Of Success.

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

A Man Must Shape Himself To A New Mark Directly The Old One Goes To Ground.

Optimism Is The True Moral Courage

I Called To The Other Men That The Sky Was Clearing, And Then A Moment Later I Realized That What I Had Seen Was Not A Rift In The Clouds But The White Crest Of An Enormous Wave.