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“A skua gull appeared. He settled down on our refuse pit—entrails of seals, etc—and gorged himself to his hearts content—lucky gull.” — Alexander Macklin [image: Skua Gull by John Gould, 1840]

“A man on foot in soft, deep snow and unarmed would not have a chance against such an animal as they almost bound along with a rearing, undulating motion at least five miles an hour. They attack without provocation, looking … Continue reading →

“We have called our camp Patience Camp.” — Thomas Orde-Lees

“Most of the men wore heavy Burberry-Durox boots—ankle high leather boots with gabardine uppers reaching to the knee—designed for marching on hard ice. But as the party struggled over the slushy floes, those boots continually filled with water. In the … Continue reading →

“Today, driving the dog team and hauling the boats for dear life across the Weddell Sea pack ice… We had a strenuous time getting through hummocks and filling in small leads. We covered 2 1/2 miles, but the surface was … Continue reading →

“No washing of self or dishes, no undressing, no changing clothes. Food any how and always strongly impregnated with blubber smoke, sleeping almost on bare snow and working as hard as the human physique is capable of doing on a … Continue reading →

“The Endurance has been crushed and abandoned at 69° 5′ South, 51° 35′ West, and the members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition are now at 67° 9′ South, 52° 25′ West, and proceeding to the west across the ice in … Continue reading →

“Today the members of one tent expressed their indifference as to whether they had their share (one bottle) of Heinz’s mustard dressing, of which I am particularly fond. I asked what they would have in exchange and they replied ‘four … Continue reading →