“…dreamed that the Daily Mail had the heading about us, ‘Compulsory Trans Antarctic Expedition.'”

— Frank Worsley

“I tried to drown multicoloured hounds of the Dachsund (German sausage) breed. My endeavours were not fraught with great success, for the Dachsunds after assuming the form of seals, eyed me complacently with gummy eyes. Then so burning are our desires for liberation that we all more or less dream of sailing from the pack in the luxuriant comfort of an ocean liner.”

— Frank Hurley

“Frequently, at night, Shackleton would start up as if from some ugly nightmare. He would then wake me up and relate some imaginary happening for which his plans had not been set.”

— Frank Hurley

“Dr. Macklin says we have no evidence of how civilized man can stand a diet of little or no carbohydrates.”

— Frank Worsley