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«We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«I do not intend to sacrifice the scientific utility of the expedition to a mere record-breaking journey, but say frankly, all the same, that one of my great efforts will be to reach the southern geographical Pole.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
«The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.»
Author: Ernest Shackleton
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