Quotes About Adventure

dead ahead were two inviting glaciers which held the promise of ice to be melted into water.

unsuspectingly around the ice hummock to his death with his tail wagging.

The next morning, three seals were sighted, and Macklin was sent out with Tom Crean to fetch them.

Hurley's team though, including the leader, Shakespeare, the biggest of all the dogs, was shot.

Worsley was ready with his sextant, and James stood by with his theodolite to catch the angle of the sun.

January 25, and to McNeish it was a "proper sea fog," indicating the presence of the ice-free ocean nearby.

then raised their heads and uttered a series of weird, mournful, dirgelike cries.

a party of eighteen under Wild should start out early the next morning to bring up the Stancomb Wills.

The Stancomb Wills was safe in camp by one o'clock.

Shackleton immediately asked Macklin if he felt too tired to go back again to Ocean Camp

These words were written on the flyleaf of a Bible given to the expedition by Queen Mother

Alexandra of England. Shackleton carried the Bible in his hand as he left the Endurance

advantage of the following wind to make for King George Island.

The plan, as they all knew, was to march toward Paulet Island, 346 miles to the northwest

stewed penguin heart, liver, eyes, tongues, toes & God knows what else, with a cup of water" to wash it down.

On one trip, a group of men ran the blue Union Jack up to the forward yardarm

Thousands of penguins dotted the pack in every direction

along with Sirius, an older puppy from an earlier litter

McNeish's tomcat, which had mistakenly been named Mrs. Chippy

Tom Crean, tough and practical as ever, took the younger puppies

My opinion is that the chances of getting to Paulet Is. now are about 1 in 10. . . .

It now lay exactly 91 miles away. But it was off to the WNW

By 5 P.M., after three hours on the trail, they were 1 mile from the ship

it seemed that they would simply pass Paulet Island by.