Quotes About Adventure

He had originally hoped to use this place only as a stopover to replenish their water and to obtain a few days' rest

would remain on the south side of the island and three of the party would go overland to bring help.

In appearance, the Endurance was beautiful by any standards.

By land it was a scant 29 miles in a straight line.

She was a barkentine—three masts

in the three-quarters of a century that men had been coming to South Georgia

of which the forward one was square-rigged

not one man had ever crossed the island—for the simple reason that it could not be done.

while the after two carried fore-and-aft sails, like a schooner.

Shackleton said he would make the journey with Worsley and Crean as soon as it seemed feasible.

albatrosses on the nest. Shackleton went back for the shotgun, and they killed one adult and one chick.

Shackleton decided they would sail the Caird to the head of King Haakon Bay, a distance of about 6 miles.

also be 6 miles closer to Stromness Bay on the opposite side of the island where the whaling stations were situated.

It was an utterly carefree journey as the Caird drove smartly across the sparkling water.

was populated by hundreds of sea elephants, enough to keep them supplied with food and fuel indefinitely

At twelve-forty, Shackleton gave the order in a quiet voice. "Launch the boats.

It was one-thirty in the afternoon when the crews scrambled on board each boat;

The sledge astern of the Dudley Docker continually got hung up on bits of ice

Sailing Direction for Antarctica, these winds are described categorically:

The waves thus produced have become legendary among seafaring men. They are called Cape Horn Rollers

The James Caird was in the lead with Shackleton at the tiller.

precious little had been learned about conditions in these unfrequented waters.

a ship that Christensen had ordered built to carry polar-bear hunting parties to the Arctic

The beast looked like a small dinosaur, with a long, serpentine neck.