I Chose Life Over Death For Myself

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

I Have Often Marveled At The Thin Line Which Separates Success From Failure.

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.

Optimism Is The True Moral Courage

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