Quotes About Exploration

Shackleton told Macklin that since the party now had a fair supply of meat, his dogs would not be killed

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

Shackleton wrote, almost timorously, "This may be the turn in our fortune.

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

where the stores left in 1902 should still be.

and they would be dragging two of their three boats with them

On February 9, Shackleton wrote: "No seals. Must reduce blubber consumption . . . oh for a touch of dry land under our feet.

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

The two surgeons, of course, were permitted a small amount of medical supplies and instruments.

Our distance from Paulet I. is now 94 miles

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