'I fancy': Frank Debenham, letter to James Fisher, 18 October 1956; SPRI MS 1456/97
'A beautiful': EHS, diary of BNAE, 1 March 1903; SPRI MS 1537/3/4/2
'he was very': EAW, journal of BNAE, 4 -24 February 1903; SPRI MS 232/2
'He was in great': Albert Armitage, Memo on Sir E.H. Shackleton to H.R. Mill, 24 May 1922; SPRI MS 367/1
'Shackleton came': C.R. Ford, letter to Margery Fisher, 12 January 1956; SPRI MS 1456/78
'Ah me': EHS, diary of BNAE, 2 March 1903; SPRI MS 1537/3/4/2
'and with songs': EHS, diary of BNAE, 2 March 1903; SPRI MS 1537/3/4/2
8 A Square Peg and a Round Hole
'What a homecoming': Kathleen Shackleton, letter to James Fisher, 27 November 1955; SPRI MS 1456/83
'I am quite': C.R. Markham, letter to EHS, 4 June 1903; SPRI MS 1537/2/5/8
'You may': Pearson's Weekly, 8 April 1909: 818
'we shall': EHS, letter to Emily Dorman, 10 February 1904; SPRI MS 1537/2/10/5
'I am missing': EHS, letter to Emily Dorman, 29 March 1904; SPRI MS 1537/2/10/9
'With all': Cecily Shackleton, interview with James Fisher, 1 July 1955; SPRI MS 1581/3/2/1
'With life': EHS, letter to H.R. Mill, 22 November 1904; SPRI MS 100/106/8
'I went to': EHS, letter to EmS, 15 October 1905; SPRI MS 1537/2/9/2
'noted naval': The Courier and Argus, 16 November 1904
'Good fists': H.R. Mill, Life: 91
'not excluding': Henry Lucy, Memories of Eight Parliaments: 114
'I'll tell': The Courier and Argus, 12 January 1906
'As an Irishman': The Courier and Argus, 9 January 1906
'the lieutenant's': The Courier and Argus, 8 January 1906
'Come on our': H.R. Mill, Life: 95
'I got all': H.R. Mill, Life: 97
'He tells me': EHS, letter to EmS, April 1905; SPRI MS 1537/2/9/4
'It's one of: Cecily Shackleton, interview with James Fisher, 20 August 1955; SPRI MS 1581/3/2/2
'A fine fellow': A.B. Macduff, interview with James Fisher, 15 June 1956; SPRI MS 1456/72
'full of plans': C.R. Markham, quoted in Roland Huntford, Shackleton: 121
'I am quite': EHS, Plan for an Antarctic Expedition: SPRI MS 1456/13
'Ammundsen is': EHS, Plan for an Antarctic Expedition; SPRI MS 1456/13
'put a black': EHS, Letter to H.R. Mill, 4 February 1907; SPRI MS 100/106/10
'No you': Jameson Adams, interview with James Fisher, 5 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/63
'went and called': Jameson Adams, interview with James Fisher, 5 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/63
'I could see': A.B. Macduff, interview with James Fisher, 15 June 1956; SPRI MS 1456/72
9 A Soul Whipped on by the Wanderfire
'I see nothing': EHS, letter to H.R. Mill, 26 December 1906; SPRI MS 100/106/9
'He left': A.B. Macduff, interview with James Fisher, 15 June 1956; SPRI MS 1456/72
'the first profits': Letter shown by A.B. Macduff to James Fisher, 15 June 1956; SPRI MS 1456/72
'You can imagine': EHS, letter to EmS, 12 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/12/15
'She wasn't': Cecily Shackleton, interview with James Fisher, 20 August 1995; SPRI MS 1581/3/2/2
'I never': EmS, letter to H.R. Mill, 27 March 1922; SPRI MS 100/104/4
'It is held': The Times, 12 February 1907
'I am in': EAW, letter to EHS, 14 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/1
'the country before': EHS, letter to EAW, 14 February 1907; quoted in George Seaver, Edward Wilson: 174
'I must refuse': EAW, letter to EHS, 15 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/3
'I wish you': George Mulock, letter to EHS, 19 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/ 14/10
'Oh! Mulock': EHS, letter to RFS, 27 February 1907; SPRI MS 1456/24
'I certainly': C.R. Markham, letter to EHS, 26 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/ 14/14
'a horrid': RFS, letter to EHS, 18 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/8
'I support': RFS, letter to EHS, 18 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/9
'[I]t must be': RFS, letter to EHS, 18 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/9
'Shackle': EAW, journal of BNAE, 21 January 1903; SPRI MS 232/2
'Our invalid': RFS, Voyage, vol 2: 121
'He has been': EAW, journal of BNAE, 30 January 1903; SPRI MS 232/2
'very earnest': EHS, letter to RFS, 28 February 1907; SPRI MS 25
'I am very': C.R. Markham, letter to EHS, 26 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/14
'I feel very': C.R. Markham, letter to RFS, 6 March 1907; SPRI MS 10
'I don't want': Kathleen Shackleton, assessment for James Fisher; SPRI MS 1456/ 83
'I am representing': EHS, letter to EmS, 12 February 1907; SPRI MS 153 7/2/12/15
'Don't go': Jean-Baptiste Marchand, letter to P. Bordarie, March 1898; quoted in J. Delebecque, Vie du General Marchand: 113
'Now Shackles': EAW, letter to EHS, 28 February 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/14/15
'Will meet': EHS, cable to RFS, 4 March 1907; SPRI MS 25
'what limits': EAW, letter to EHS, 8 March 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/15/8
'I do not': EHS, letter to EAW, 11 March 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/15/10
'I have been': EHS, letter to RFS, 23 March 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/15/16
'I am leaving': EHS, letter to RFS, 17 May, 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/15/21
10 Nimrod
'the most eminent': The Pall Mall Gazette, 24 August 1896
'I raised': Fridtjof Nansen, Farthest North, vol. 2: 461-62
'Aren't you': Fridtjof Nansen, Farthest North, vol. 2: 462
'fell in love': Frederick Jackson, A Thousand Days in the Arctic, vol. 1: 3
'thoroughly satisfied': Frederick Jackson, Thousand, vol 1: 276
'I wish we': EHS, 'Life in the Antarctic': 313
'Designed to': 'By Motor Car to the South Pole', The Sphere, 13 July 1907
'the first': Genesis 10: 8-10
'I am going': EHS, letter to Elspeth Beardmore, 13 May 1907; National Maritime Museum Greenwich IVR/8
'at that particular': John King Davis, High Latitude: 59
'a young man': John King Davis, High Latitude: 59
'My experience': John King Davis, High Latitude: 60
'recompense me': Ernest Joyce, letter to Charles Royds, 7 April 1930; SPRI MS 641/14
'lent to British': Leif Mills, Frank Wild: 44
'I was just': J. Murray and G.E. Marston, Antarctic Days: xvii
'Take up': EHS, letter to PLB, n.d., Johnny Van Haeften, London
11 Underway at Last
'That's my ship': Admiral Sir John Fisher, quoted in John King Davis, High Latitude: 65
'When Captain': Daily Mail, 5 August 1907
'May this Union': John King Davis, High Latitude: 65
'the dash': Henry Rawlinson, letter to General Lord Kitchener, 19 December 1899; Sir Anthony Rawlinson
'Shackleton saf: John King Davis, High Latitude: 66-67
'we formed': REP, Prelude to Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 6
'a permanent': Jameson Adams, interview with James Fisher, 5 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/63
'Will you come': Jameson Adams, interview with James Fisher, 5 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/63
'had great intuition': Jameson Adams, interview with James Fisher, 5 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/63
'refused with': REP, Prelude to Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 1-2
'I was not': REP, Prelude to Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 3
'Would you': REP, Prelude to Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 1-2
'I was not bothered': REP, Prelude to the Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1:3
'the frame': REP, Prelude to Antarctic Adventure; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 6
'You simply': Helen Shackleton, letter to George Marston, 4 August 1907; SPRI MS 1547/2
'They were all': Paula Gow, interview with James Fisher, 1 April 1957; SPRI MS 1456/69
'not least from': REP, Prelude to Antarctic adven
ture; SPRI MS 1097/20/1: 6
'was the only': PLB, interview with James Fisher, 16 December 1955; SPRI MS 1456/64
'I have already': EHS, letter to EmS, August 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/12
'the opinion': C.D. Mackellar, letter to James Fisher; SPRI MS 1456/83
'Your dear': EHS, letter to EmS, 31 October 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/13/6
'It seems years': EHS, letter to EmS, 16 November 1907; SPRI MS 1581/1/2
'was glad': EHS, letter to EmS, 9 November 1907; SPRI MS 1537/2/13/7
'As a lecturer': quoted in M.E. David, Professor David: 52
'His heart': J.W. Dell, interview with James Fisher, 10 October 1955; SPRI MS 1456/66
'In view of: TWED, letter to Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, 10 December 1907; printed by Government Order on 13 December 1907 as 1907 (Second Session) The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Code No. 140-F 15964
'If Professor': quoted in M.E. David, Professor David: 118
'My idea': DM, letter to Margery Fisher, 18 August 1956; The Mawson Collection MS 48DM
'the possible': TWED, Preliminary notes for meeting with Shackleton, December 1907; SPRI MS 1408/1
12 A Promise Broken
'In getting': The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 23 March 1908
'I have never': Arthur Harbord, diary of BAE, 8 January 1909; Alister Harbord
'a place that': REP, diaries of BAE, 1-8 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'It is not': REP, diaries of BAE, 1-8 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'They have not': /EM, diary of BAE, 7 January 1908; Mrs G.E. Dowler
'Always wet': ESM, diary of BAE, 8 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'blowing a living': Sidney Riches, diary of BAE, 9 January 1908; SPRI MS 1611
'was the worst': J.G. Rutherford, diary of voyage of Koonya, 9 January 1908; MS 3 54, J.G. Rutherford papers, Item 1 Log 'On Board SS Koonya, during her towing of SY Nimrod from Lyttelton to the Antarctic Ice Jan 1908' ca 1 22 January 1908. Antarctic Manuscripts Collection, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
'was catapulted': PLB, diary of BAE, 9 January 1908; Neil Silverman
'Not more than': ESM, diary of BAE, 9 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'I felt in': Archdeacon David, letter to Caroline David, quoted in M.E. David, Professor David: 124
'the great scientific': TWED, letter to Senate of Sydney University, February 1908; quoted in M.E. David, Professor David: 124
'charm a bird': EHS, letter to EmS, 22 January 1908; SPRI MS 1581/1/3
'Had a short': ESM, diary of BAE, 11 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Mawson is': ESM, diary of BAE, 9 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Prof. David': REP, diaries of BAE, 1-8 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'One rumour': REP, diaries of BAE, 11 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'Mere words': The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 25 March 1908
'where we are': EHS, letter to EmS, 14 January 1908; SPRI 1537/2/21/1
'bad news': REP, diaries of BAE, 17 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'undulating': REP, diaries of BAE, 24 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'that under no': EHS, The Heart of the Antarctic, vol. 1: 76
'the success': ESM, diary of BAE, 24 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'was dictated': Arthur Harbord, interview with James Fisher, 9 June 1956; SPRI MS 1456/70
'at any rate': ESM, diary of BAE, 25 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Shackleton's': ESM, letter to John Kendall, 17 August 1952; SPRI MS 656/1/16
'after a long': EHS, letter to EmS, 26 January 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/16/3
'my private': EHS, letter to EmS, 26 January 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/16/3
'My conscience': EHS, letter to EmS, 26 January 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/16/3
13 Cape Royds
'We are all': JEM, diary of BAE, 20 January 1908; Mrs G.E. Dowler
'He was one': Sidney Riches, diary of BAE, 30 January 1908; SPRI MS 1611
'Day is quite': REP, diaries of BAE, 29 January 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/1
'alas! It': JEM, diary of BAE, 1 February 1908; Mrs G.E. Dowler
'what appeared': ESM, diary of BAE, 31 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Who is going': ESM, diary of BAE, 31 January 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'saw that he': Harry Dunlop, letter to J.D. Morrison, 3 June 1908; SPRI MS 1537/ 2/17/13
'cut and run': Arthur Harbord, diary of BAE, 4 February 1908; Alister Harbord
'It got on': Harry Dunlop, letter to J.D. Morrison, 3 June 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/ 17/13
'terrible waste': ESM, diary of BAE, 6 February 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'the Captain': JEM, diary of BAE, 6 February 1908; Mrs G.E. Dowler
'We thought': EHS, The Heart of the Antarctic, vol. 1: 102
'All hands': Harry Dunlop, letter to J.D. Morrison, 3 June 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/ 17/13
'entirely lost': FW, letter to 'Dear Fred', 27 January 1908; SPRI MS 1413
'being at this': JEM, letter to EmS, 22 March 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/17/3
'all hands': Alf Cheetham, diary of BAE, 9 February 1908; SPRI MS 1609
'At 8 a.m.': Alf Cheetham, diary of BAE, 11 February 1908; SPRI MS 1609
'Every man jack': Arthur Harbord, diary of BAE, 12 February 1908; Alister Harbord
'with twenty-four': John King Davis, High Latitude: 82
'First about 20': The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 3 April 1908: 7
'Shacks had a': PLB, diary of BAE, 17 February 1908; Neil Silverman
'Byron's description': The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 3 April 1908: 7
'lost about': Harry Dunlop, letter to J.D. Morrison, 3 June 1908; SPRI MS 1537/ 2/17/13
'Amidst cheers': JEM, diary of BAE, 22 February 1908; Mrs G.E. Dowler
14 New Worlds to Conquer
'I cannot': EHS, letter to EmS, 15 February 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/17/2
'to consult': JEM, quoted in Stanley Newman, Shackleton's Lieutenant: 69
'He has not': EHS, letter to EmS, 22 February 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/17/1
'He is the most': Harry Dunlop, letter to J.D. Morrison, 3 June 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/17/13
'since the question': Rupert England, letter to J.J. Kinsey, 20 March 1908; SPRI MS 1456/67
'my resignation': Rupert England, letter to EmS, 23 April 1908; SPRIMS1537/2/17/7
'England got': ESM, diary of BAE, 22 February 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Looks as if: ESM, diary of BAE, 23 February 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'What a different': ESM, diary of BAE, 27 February 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Keen on': EHS, letter to EmS, 22 January 1908; SPRI MS 1581/1/3
'Brocklehurst took': EHS, The Heart of the Antarctic, vol. 1: 129
'Mac Mawson': PLB, diary of BAE, 7 March 1908; Neil Silverman
'Never forget': ESM, diary of BAE, 7 March 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'All the land': TWED, 'The Ascent of Mount Erebus'
'After a continuous': TWED, 'Ascent'
'We all': TWED, 'Ascent'
'Very steep': ESM, diary of BAE, 10 March 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'Fell ioods': ESM, diary of BAE, n March 1908; SPRI MS 1456/8
'If we lose': REP, diaries of BAE, 11 March 1908; SPRI MS 298/1/3
'Explorers Fight': Daily Mail, 11 March 1908
'I have been': RFS, letter to Hannah Scott, 26 March 1908; SPRI MS 1542/11/5
'It is certainly': J. Scott Keltie, letter to EmS, 19 May 1908; SPRI MS 1456/19
'Personally': J. Scott Keltie, letter to C.R. Markham, 31 March 1908; quoted in Roland Huntford, Shackleton: 226
'I strongly': C.R. Markham, letter to EmS, 26 May 1908; SPRI MS 1537/2/21/7
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