Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.