Optimism Is True Moral Courage.

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

We Had Seen God In His Splendors, Heard The Text That Nature Renders. We Had Reached The Naked Soul Of Man.

I Have Often Marveled At The Thin Line Which Separates Success From Failure.

Optimism Is The True Moral Courage

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.