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“[Should a visitor arrive at midnight…] he would notice that… it was still light, the sun never setting at this time of year in this latitude. He would have to pass a line of dogs tethered in teams to wires… … Continue reading →

“I do not rhyme to that dull elf, Who cannot image to himself” — Sir Walter Scott, Marmion “When it came Greenstreet’s turn, he elected to read Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion.” — Alfred Lansing, Endurance “I must confess I find … Continue reading →

“In order to know very minutely the differences and resemblances between all the kinds or species of one group of living things Darwin studied for eight years the “cirrhipedes,” the name give to the sea-acorns and ships’ barnacles which occur … Continue reading →

“Shackleton, who was rather an amazing man in the way he had made himself au fait with all the latest developments… and who had [also] collected all the latest information as regards scurvy, was very enthusiastic [about] the idea of … Continue reading →

“One would imagine he is in Ratcliffe Highway or some other den by the language that is being used. I have been shipmates with all sorts of men both in sail and steam, but never nothing like some of our … Continue reading →

“The floe is completely surrounded by water except at one or two points, and so exercise, where risks are unnecessary, is limited to running round and round the floe…” — Alexander Macklin “Our perambulations are now very circumscribed as the … Continue reading →

“The sledge [was] a great success and its solid construction does the carpenter credit, horrid old man that he is. Now he is raising the gunwale of the James Caird some 10in by the extraordinary expedient of fixing its existing … Continue reading →

“The first night of your first campaign (though you be but a mere peaceful campaigner) is a glorious time in your life. It is so sweet to find one’s self free from the stale civilisation of Europe! Oh my dear … Continue reading →