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Category Archives: Other Voices
Slide
“We seemed to shoot into space. For a moment my hair fairly stood on end. Then quite suddenly I felt a glow, and knew that I was grinning! I was actually enjoying it… I yelled with excitement, and found that … Continue reading
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There could be no turning back now
“After a glance over the top I turned to the anxious faces of the two men behind me and said, “Come on, boys.” Within a minute they stood beside me on the ice-ridge. The surface fell away at a sharp … Continue reading
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The Allardyce Range
“We stood between two gigantic black crags that seemed to have forced their way upwards through their icy covering. Before us was the Allardyce range, peak beyond peak, snow-clad and majestic, glittering in the sunshine. Sweeping down from their flanks … Continue reading
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We retraced our steps
“The country to the east was a great snow upland, sloping upwards for a distance of seven or eight miles to a height of over 4000 ft. To the north it fell away steeply in glaciers into the bays, and … Continue reading
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A la Peggotty
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” — David Copperfield [Illustration of Peggotty’s boat/house, from The Personal History, Adventures, Experience … Continue reading
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Busy at the boat
“I am still busy at the boat. While the skipper does the Nimrod & bring home the food Vincent lays down by the fire and smoks some times coming out for more wood while the Boss & Creen looks after … Continue reading
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His usual love of leg-pulling
“Shackleton, with his usual love of leg-pulling, said with a twinkle in his eye, ‘We’ll hide this stuff, go in and tell ’em you saved my life from a sea-elephant that tore your blouse off and badly wounded you—to account … Continue reading
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A law unto ourselves
“The first time I felt like a murderer [but] after that I just thought what a glorious feed the first had been. “The Boss and I discussed making enough money to start another expedition by taking…baby albatross and selling them … Continue reading
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Inch by inch
“Sir Ernest had just been relieved at the helm, & we bailed together peering under the clew of the lugsail. The Island was now so close that we had to crane our necks to look up at the peak. Inch … Continue reading
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An infernal, awe-inspiring scene
“It was an infernal, awe-inspiring scene. The boat and all in her seemed doomed. What Worsley now did was this. The boat was under a reefed job on the mainmast. He got it shifted right forward. He then set a … Continue reading
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