Category Archives: Other Voices

Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge […] Four ‘I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand. I fear thee and thy glittering … Continue reading →

Morte d’Arthur by Alfred, Lord Tennyson So all day long the noise of battle roll’d Among the mountains by the winter sea; Until King Arthur’s table, man by man, Had fallen in Lyonnesse about their Lord, King Arthur: then, because … Continue reading →

“Never shall I forget the sight that met my eyes in the early dawn light. Ice had surrounded the berg… and the whole mass, made up of all sizes and shapes, and little bergs like our own, was rising and … Continue reading →

The berg was a thick mass of dark blue pressure ice about 35 yards square, with heights of 15 feet in some places. Seas had eaten away under it, leaving an overhang of rotten ice. Yet it is by far … Continue reading →

“Certainly it is one of the most remarkable [journeys] man was fated to make. We look forward earnestly to at least a temporary ending & breather on the land. After that we have our rescue to think about for we … Continue reading →

“Our first day in the water was one of the coldest and most dangerous of the expedition. The ice was running riot. It was a hard race to keep our boats in the open leads… We had many narrow escapes … Continue reading →

“Our drifting home had no rudder to guide it, no sail to give it speed.” “We were dependent upon the caprice of wind and current; we went whither those irresponsible forces listed.” “The floe has been a good friend to … Continue reading →

“We hear and see whales blowing all around absolutely continuously at times. A particularly ugly killer poked his head up and had a look around by our floe. Penguins are croaking… and occasionally a shoal of them swim through a … Continue reading →