“Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.”
“Adventure must start with running away from home”
“So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!”
“Adventure is just bad planning.”
We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.
Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.
A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.
With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it”