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Category Archives: Other Voices
Everything upside down, occasionally men
“See this little washroom of ours. The same as when in Lyttelton, and yet as totally different. The curtains dirty and grubby are swinging jerkily to the movement of the ship. The walls, once white are splashed all over with … Continue reading
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Heaven knows
“As to Shackleton’s capacity as a leader and his staying powers, I think you and I take the same view. He looks strong enough, but it is clear I think that he is not absolutely sound, and Heaven knows what … Continue reading
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Nansen and Amundsen
Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen “Dr Nansen said that the secret of [Amundsen’s] success was that he acquired knowledge and then bought his ship, instead of doing what most explorers had done, bought the ship first and then acquired the … Continue reading
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Goodbye
“I always feel as long as I am doing the work and getting through the fight that all is well.” — letter to Emily Shackleton *** [Upon Shackleton’s return to England and the Great War, reception was markedly… subdued. Even, … Continue reading
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Shackleton’s grave, Grytviken, South Georgia
“In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover Gem-like above the bay.” — Ernest Shackleton, last words in diary “I think this is as “the Boss” would have had it himself, standing lonely in an island far from … Continue reading
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The fate of the crew
The Endurance: “McCarthy, the best and most efficient of the sailors, always cheerful under the most trying circumstances, and who for these very reasons I chose to accompany me on the boat journey to South Georgia, was killed at his … Continue reading
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“A world beater and a good money spinner”
[South (orig. In the Grip of the Polar Pack Ice), by Frank Hurley, 1919. Watch entire film on BFI website.] “All the plates which were exposed on the wreck nearly twelve months ago turned out excellently. The small Kodak film … Continue reading
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Prospice, by Robert Browning
Prospice FEAR death?—to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of … Continue reading
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Arrival
“Shortly after 7 a.m. Sir E. rowed ashore & telephoned our arrival on to Punta Arenas, so that the populace might roll up and greet us after church, we being due to arrive at 12 noon. The Yelcho was bedecked … Continue reading
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I am not very susceptible to emotion, but…
“I am not very susceptible to emotion, but this happy reunion with our comrades, whom we had almost given up as lost & out unhappy release, with the lonely peaks like mute sentinels witnessing our departure has left an indelible … Continue reading
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