Antarctica Quote by Jon Krakauer

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer…

— Jon Krakauer

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

— Robert Falcon Scott

Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming.

— Danny Glover

And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep…

— Miriam Makeba

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change.

— Richard E. Byrd

The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.…

— Sylvia Earle

Its funny how human beings tend to think that they're the masters of the earth never realizing that the earth, for a time, simply…

— Frederick Lenz

From rising temperatures and sea levels to expanding Antarctic ozone holes to record flooding to disaster displacement, climate change is wreaking havoc.

— Jessica Tarlov

From drought-parched Brazil to the increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean, from the rising seas along the Florida coast to the punishing heat waves hitting South…

— Brian Deese

Ice in the West Antarctic and over Greenland, i.e., ice that's over a rock at the moment, that will raise the level of the…

— Bill McKibben

Relative to most of the energy and material flows on Earth, the machinations of humankind are puny. The planet's powers are much, much bigger…

— Donella Meadows

The Arctic and the Antarctic are melting quickly. We may have waited too long to get started. But this is a day for optimism…

— Bill McKibben