Quotes About Survival

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.

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

The only superfluous item Shackleton permitted was Worsley's diary.

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

The encircling ice fouled the oars, and collisions were unavoidable

Thus, while Shackleton was undeniably out of place, even inept, in a great many everyday situations

When she had been abandoned twenty-five days before, it had seemed that she would sink at any moment.

It had been very nearly a year since they had last been in contact with civilization

If they were to get out—they had to get themselves out.

Before long the rain turned into sleet, then hail that drummed across the decking.

The nearest known place where they might at least find food and shelter was tiny Paulet Island

Their tongues were swollen with thirst

Shackelton rushed aft and took over the lines of the tiller from Crean.

The Endurance is crushed between the floes, October 24, 1915 (Royal Geographic Society) Frank Wild surveys the wreck of the Endurance on November 8, 1915, during their last official visit to the wreck (Royal Geographic Society)

so that if the ice closed in against her she would be squeezed up and out of the pressure.

But since the Endurance was designed to operate in relatively loose pack ice

They thus remained almost motionless, while their supply of meat dwindled alarmingly.

Then on January 13, a rumor spread that Shackleton was considering killing the dogs

Then, in a quiet, level voice, Shackleton ordered Wild to shoot his own team along with McIlroy's, Marston's, and Crean's.

Each dog in turn was taken off his trace and led behind a row of large ice hummocks.

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

Shackleton decided to spare Greenstreet's team of year-old puppies "for the present