Each man in his way is a treasure.

Great God! This is an awful place.

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.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

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.

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