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Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Expedition Eyes Last Lead More North Now Pole South Turned Want Will

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After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Able After Appetites Envied Fit Found Gods Hunger Meals Might Months Ourselves Suddenly Want

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Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: After Difficulties Just Overcome Things

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I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Clearing Clouds Crest Enormous Had Later Men Moment Other Realized Seen Sky Then Wave White

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We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: God Had Heard His Man Naked Nature Reached Seen Soul Text

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Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Achieves Damn Effort Results Superhuman Unless Worth

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The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Below Breathing Distant Disturbed Giant Heavy Ice Imagine Mighty Noise Resembles Roar Standing Stirring Surf

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If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Class Drunkard First First Class Had Make Some Strength Will Would

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I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.

~Ernest Shackleton

Topics: Axis Ball Came Day Earth End Go Great Ice Myself Poles Region Round Seemed Snow Some Till Turns Vow Which Would I Came

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Explorer

Born: February 2nd, 1874

Died: January 5th, 1922

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