Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.Sir Ernest Shackleton's reputed ad in the London newspaper
We had pierced the veneer of outside things. We had suffered, starved, and triumphed, grovelled down yet grasped at glory, grown bigger in the bigness of the whole. We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.Ernest Shackleton
By endurance we conquer.Ernest Shackleton
In all the world there is no desolation more complete than the polar night. It is a return to the Ice Age—no warmth, no life, no movement.Alfred Lansing
For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.Unnamed Antarctic Explorer
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
I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.Ernest Shackleton
A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.Ernest Shackleton
Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.Ernest Shackleton
Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.Ernest Shackleton