Ernest Shackleton Quotes

"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

"Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results."
-Ernest Shackleton

"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

"Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all."
-Ernest Shackleton

"I do not intend to sacrifice the scientific utility of the expedition to a mere record-breaking journey, but say frankly, all the same, that one of my great efforts will be to reach the southern geographical Pole."
-Ernest Shackleton

"If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard."
-Ernest Shackleton

"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

"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