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.

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

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