Category Archives: Other Voices

Not a pleasant job

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Ernest Shackleton

“This is not a pleasant job. We have to dig a hole down through the coal while the beams and the timbers groan and crack all around us like pistol shots. The darkness is almost complete, and we mess about … Continue reading →

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Yoicks Tally Ho

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

“…some very tall bragging is indulged in by some in respect to their teams’ merits and performance. One team appears to suffer from heart disease, their owner evidently expecting the whole creation to hold their breath as they pass by. … Continue reading →

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Puppies tyrannizing Amundsen

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

“Crean had started to take the pups out for runs, and it was very amusing to see them in their rolling canter just managing to keep abreast by the sledge and occasionally cocking an eye with an appealing look in … Continue reading →

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Damned Souls in Torment

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

“[It’s] like an enormous train with squeaky axles being shunted with much bumping & clattering. Mingled with this were the sound of steamer whistles starting to blow … & underfoot moans & groans of damned souls in torment. A constant … Continue reading →

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Divers and Coastal Wanderers

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

A partial list of animals sighted in and about the Weddell Sea icepack: Antarctic, Snow and Stormy Petrels Fulmars White-Rumped Terns Adelie Penguins, Emperor and Ringed Penguins Weddell Seals Crabeater Seals Humpback and Finner Whales Huge Blue Whales Sea Leopards … Continue reading →

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It is now seven weeks…

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

“It is now seven weeks since we first entered the pack ice & since then it has been almost an incessant battle. It is gratifying to feel we are only 80 miles from… Vahsel Bay. We are all keen to … Continue reading →

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On first looking into Chapman’s Homer

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Ernest Shackleton

On first looking into Chapman’s Homer MUCH have I travell’d in the realms of gold,   And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;   Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide … Continue reading →

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No doubt the explorers of 2015…

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

“I do so wish sometimes, that I could just pop home for an hour or two as easily in the flesh as in the spirit. No doubt the explorers of 2015, if there is anything left to explore, will not … Continue reading →

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Xmas Letter [Not Sent]

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

“Had my usual evening walk & smoke, as I am better of the piles but I have been thinking of my loved ones all day I hope there is nothing wrong & that You will enjoy Yourselves tomorrow X Mass.” … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Chippy

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Ernest Shackleton

The noble mouser of the Endurance, and his master. “I think the cat was more important to him than the Polar Medal.” – Tom McNeish, grandson; quoted in BBC Science/Nature.

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