Quotes About Endurance

They had been the underdog, fit only to endure the punishment inflicted on them. But sufficiently provoked, there is hardly a creature on God's earth that ultimately won't turn and attempt to fight, regardless of the odds.

the tenth of May, 1916, and they were standing at last on the island from which they had sailed 522 days before.

The Endurance sailed from Plymouth five days later. She set a course for Buenos Aires

Shackleton came to the conclusion that instead of sailing to Leith Harbor

In appearance, the Endurance was beautiful by any standards.

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

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

Shackleton, Crean, and Worsley went to work leveling the floor of the cave with some loose stones and dry tussock grass.

wave-tossed cockleshells, and, finally, we've

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

She was to carry the Ross Sea party, under the command of Lieutenant Aeneas Mackintosh, who had served aboard the Nimrod on Shackleton's 1907–1909 expedition.

and wait for daylight.

They also mounted stubby masts to which a sail could be secured;

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.

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

Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape. It is a battle against a tireless enemy in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated. It gave Shackleton