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Polar Explorer Inspirational Quotes (21)

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Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.
Fridtjof Nansen
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It is a strange fact, characteristic of the incomplete state of our current knowledge, that totally opposite conclusions are drawn about prehistoric conditions on Earth, depending on whether the problem is approached from the biological or the geophysical viewpoint.
Alfred Wegener
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The horse has such a docile nature, that he would always rather do right the wrong, if he can only be taught to distinguish one from the other.
George W. Melville
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We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.
Alfred Wegener
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Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time the impossible is what takes a little longer.
Fridtjof Nansen
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I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.
Fridtjof Nansen
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You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.
Fridtjof Nansen
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If men must die, why not in honorable pursuit of knowledge? Far be it that our ideas of manhood should be dwarfed to the size of a golden dollar.
George W. Melville
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A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.
Roald Amundsen
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Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it.
Roald Amundsen
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Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it
Roald Amundsen
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There is no basis for the ardent hopes and positive statements made as to the safe and successful use of the dirigible balloon or flying machine, or both, for commercial transportation or as weapons of war.
George W. Melville
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The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes are rubbish. We shall see — we shall see.
Roald Amundsen
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Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.
Fridtjof Nansen
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Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!
Fridtjof Nansen
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The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.
Roald Amundsen
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Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.
Fridtjof Nansen
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The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, is no longer a man.
Fridtjof Nansen
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With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.
Roald Amundsen
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We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.
Roald Amundsen
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Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.
Fridtjof Nansen