Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

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

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.

I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

Great God! This is an awful place.

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.