By Endurance We Conquer.

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.

By Endurance We Conquer.

Optimism Is True Moral Courage.

We Had Seen God In His Splendors, Heard The Text That Nature Renders. We Had Reached The Naked Soul Of Man.

After The Conquest Of The South Pole By Amundsen Who, By A Narrow Margin Of Days Only, Was In Advance Of The British Expedition Under Scott, There Remained But One Great Main Object Of Antarctic Journeying - The Crossing Of The South Polar Continent From Sea To Sea