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Ernest Shackleton Quotes

Total quotes: 15
“Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance: Meet Shackleton's Team
Tagged: explorers, South Pole, Expedition
“You will remain here until relief arrives. You have ample seal food which you can supplement with birds and fish according to your skill.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded
“You can convey my love to my people and say I tried my best.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded
“Dear Sir, In the event of my not surviving the boat journey to South Georgia you will do your best for the rescue of the party.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded, Food Shortage
“Please God, we will soon get ashore.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded, Food Shortage
“No seals. Must reduce blubber consumption . . . oh for a touch of dry land under our feet.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded, Food Shortage
“Wonderful, amazing splendid. Lat. 65°43' South–73 miles North drift. The most cheerful good fortune for a year for us: We cannot be much more than 170 miles from Paulet. Everyone greeted the news with cheers.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded
“One hardly likes to guess what our distance may be, but tonight is the fourth of this blow and there are no signs of it abating so we ought to have made a good distance to the North.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded
“This may be the turn in our fortune.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, Stranded
“I am growing anxious now with all this party.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration
“I am rather tired, I suppose it is the strain. ...I long for some rest, free from thought.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration
“The last day of the old year: May the new one bring us good fortune, a safe deliverance from this anxious time & all good things to those we love so far away.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration, New Year's Eve
“...now comes the actual work itself...the fight will be good.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration
“We had seen God in His splendors, we had heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: Sea Expedition, Exploration
“I pray God I can manage to get the whole party safe to civilization.”
— Ernest Shackleton, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Tagged: explorers, Failed Attempt, Sea Expedition
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