Optimism Is The True Moral

I Chose Life Over Death For Myself And My Friends... I Believe It Is In Our Nature To Explore, To Reach Out Into The Unknown. The Only True Failure Would Be Not To Explore At All.

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.

From The Sentimental Point Of View, It Is The Last Great Polar Journey That Can Be Made.

I Thought You'd Rather Have A Live Donkey Than A Dead Lion.

Men Wanted For Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages For Long Hours Of Arduous Labour Under Brutal Conditions; Months Of Continual Darkness And Extreme Cold; Great Risk To Life And Limb From Disease, Accidents And Other Hazards; Small Chance Of Fame In Case Of Success.