Bravery Quote by Alfred Lansing

“Nor did the Antarctic represent to Shackleton merely the grubby means to a financial end. In a very real sense he needed it—something so…

— Alfred Lansing

[Derek] Shackleton was a man who - it's probably arrogant to say it - but he was a little bit like me. He undertook…

— Edmund Hillary

“He promised to write a book later about the trip. He sold the rights to the motion pictures and still photographs that would be…

— Alfred Lansing

The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full…

— Anonymous

“Then he opened the Bible Queen Alexandra had given them and ripped out the flyleaf and the page containing the Twenty-third Psalm. He also…

— Alfred Lansing

“In any age, there is no shortage of people willing to embark on a hazardous adventure. Columbus and Magellan filled eight ships between them…

— Peter Nichols

“The man saw no adventure, no challenge, no conquest, no sweat, and no sense of accomplishment in what we were about to do –…

— Barbara Savage

“The date was October 27, 1915. The name of the ship was Endurance. The position was 69°5´ South, 51°30´ West—deep in the icy wasteland…

— Alfred Lansing

“what motivated explorers? What inspired Magellan, battered by South America’s strange williwaw winds, to hold to his course through an unknown strait with no…

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at…

— Bill Bryson

“On his last voyage he had seemed on the brink of success and had stood in the prow reciting a grand poem of his…

— G.K. Chesterton

I have actually led more expeditions to Antarctica than Scott, Amundsen, and Shackleton put together.

— Paul Watson