Quotes About Discovery

What matters is to leave what has always been, and look for what has never been yet. I had had riches and marriage and a child, and I had nothing. Nothing is not enough for any man. The only answer is to abandon that nothing, and go in search of something. A different kind of treasure, perhaps. A different kind of salvation. Perhaps not salvation at all, only the loss of oneself.

Lat. 65°43' South—73 miles North drift. The most cheerful

They rowed for about ten minutes, then Shackleton spotted a small cove in the cliffs to starboard.

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

What appeared to be a small cave had been sighted about 30 yards off to the left

strange shape appeared, moving deliberately across a nearby section of their old floe.

They crawled inside and found that the cave was about 12 feet deep, with ample room to shelter them.

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.

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

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

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

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.

The sea leopard's jawbone, which measured nearly 9 inches across

Crean hurriedly took over the helm from Worsley who spread the chart out so that he and Shackleton might study

Charles Darwin, on first seeing these waves breaking on Tierra del Fuego in 1833, wrote in his diary:

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

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

Then, at just about two o'clock, they saw where they were.

They became aware of it suddenly just after four o'clock

craggy peak off the port bow. It was Annenkov Island