Don’t look back

“In steering a small boat before a heavy gale, don’t look back, it may disconcert you. Fix your eye with a glassy glare on a cloud or breaking sea right ahead & keep her straight, if you can. When you hear a roaring Bull of Bashan with a wet nose galloping up behind you, keep your head well forward & your shoulders hunched up to your ears—till you get it.”

— Frank Worsley

About Ernest Shackleton

Polar Explorer. Leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917.
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