"A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion."

"If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still …"

"No woman has ever stepped on Little America — and we have found it to be the most silent and peaceful place in the wo…"

"I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations workin…"

"This book is the account of a personal experience — so personal that for four years I could not bring myself to write…"

"That risks were involved, all of us knew; but none, so far as we could foresee, that were too great. Otherwise, as le…"

"What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. Th…"

"What people think about you is not supposed to matter much, so long as you yourself know where the truth lies; but I …"

"Half the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need."

"I paused to listen to the silence. My breath, crystallized as it passed my cheeks, drifted on a breeze gentler than a…"