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Author Archives: Ernest Shackleton
The princess and the pea
“The fairy princess who would not rest on her seven downy mattresses because a pea lay underneath the pile might not have understood the pleasure we all derived from the irregularities of the stones, which could not possibly break beneath … Continue reading
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Landing Spot
“Wild, Worsley, and Hurley accompanied me on an inspection of our beach before getting into the tents. I almost wished then that I had postponed the examination until after sleep, but the sense of caution that the uncertainties of polar … Continue reading
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“I miss my cameras and cinematograph”
“Scenically, our present environments are some of the grandest I have ever set eye on. Cliffs that throw their serrated scarps a thousand feet into the skies are interspersed with glaciers that tumble in crevassed cascades down to the sea…It … Continue reading
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Land
“The smiles and laughter, which caused cracked lips to bleed afresh, and the gleeful exclamations at the sight of two live seals on the beach made me think for a moment of that glittering hour of childhood when the door … Continue reading
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One hundred and eight hours
“We had now had one hundred and eight hours of toil, tumbling, freezing, and soaking, with little or no sleep. I think Sir Ernest, Wild, Greenstreet, and I could say that we had no sleep at all. Although it was … Continue reading
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A new light
“They had been in the boats now for five and a half days…almost everyone had come to look on Worsley in a new light. In the past he had been thought of as excitable and wild—even irresponsible. But all that … Continue reading
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A narrow beach
“At 9am at the NW end of the island we saw a narrow beach at the foot of the cliffs. Outside lay a fringe of rocks heavily beaten by the surf but with a narrow channel showing as a break … Continue reading
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“Off his head”
“…early discovered that I had no-one… except Shackleton who could be trusted at the tiller, and he was fully occupied by the general supervision of the fleet. I was at the tiller the whole time we were moving. “About 3am, … Continue reading
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This disheartening circumstance
“At three pm. we were but 10 miles from land when it was observed that row as strenuously as we could, we were making no headway. This disheartening circumstance was caused by a strong tidal current…As evening drew on, the … Continue reading
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