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I've been through the entire list of Polar problems. I knew it would be hard, but it's harder than I ever thought it would be. I've suffered from blisters, a high-altitude cough, frost nip, and I even managed to break a ski they told me was unbreakable. Lewis Clarke
Me Problems Thought Nip Would Would-Be Entire Cough Through Knew Polar Blister Been Than List Frost Break Ski Hard Even Suffered Ever Harder
One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father. Lincoln Ellsworth
Me Determination Father Made Face Sickening Earth One Of The Things Name Surface Persist After Portion Things
I have not told half of what I saw. Marco Polo
Half Saw
It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing. Matthew Henson
Work God Wind Willing Leads Snow Frozen Ice Land Hells
I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world. Matthew Henson
Man World First Sit Think Top
We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them. Meriwether Lewis
Great Black White Too Wild Extremity High Indian Geese Weasel Tail Except Perfectly Passing South Any Which Them Procure Procured Us Flight Numbers
A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort. Meriwether Lewis
Time Morning Wind Wolf Cold Way Neighbourhood High Some Had Clear Obtained Caught Same Fort Trap Who Large Gray Last Fox Night Last Night
We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repairs with grain of different kinds. Meriwether Lewis
Morning Different Kinds High Purchase Kinds Indians Winds Had Continue Different Grain Boisterous Last Night Last Night
A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn as she could carry for some medicine; we administered to it of course very cheerfully. Meriwether Lewis
Woman Medicine Corn Back Carry Some Brought Could Part Cheerfully She Course Very Offered Child Much Lower Her
The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small islands about ten miles further, stopped for the night at Piper's landing, opposite another island. Meriwether Lewis
Morning Rain Yesterday Further About Ten Small Had Another Island Islands Passing Opposite Continue Piper Stopped After Which Landing Then Miles Last Night Two Last Night
The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare. Meriwether Lewis
Weather Three Hunters Fine Having Absence Returned Moderate Deer Four Fox Hare Two
It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits. Raha Moharrak
Hope You Change Women People Try Out Dream About General Push Step Comfort Comfort Zone Opinion Limits Climbing Mountain Just Themselves Really Your Saudi Zone
Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you. Raha Moharrak
You Fool Hair Princess Disney
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb. Ranulph Fiennes
Training Soldiers Adventure How Climb Officer Canoe While Ski Worked Teaching Serving
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife. Ranulph Fiennes
Work Me You Army Wife Will First Pay Nights Drill Joined Weekends No-One Territorial Up Did Expedition Which Turned Paid Planning Bills Pubs Gas
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. Richard Francis Burton
Plunder Support However May Native Blunder Former Against
Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins. Richard Francis Burton
Troops Were Surrounded Wandering Wherever
I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me. Richard Francis Burton
Time Me Enemy Mercy Strokes Hoped About Uncertain Rattled Pushes Attendant Thus Rendered Without Were Surrounded Energetic Clubs Who Whose Dozen Save
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
Gratitude Knowledge Remember First Increased Our Must Admiration Steered Through Always Sailors South Storms Ice Lands Who
We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end. Robert Falcon Scott
Fighting Out Spirit Still End Die Showing Bold Englishmen
I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success. Robert Falcon Scott
Success Great Made Great Success Come Greatest Proved Very Done May Explorer Ever Near March
But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind. Robert Falcon Scott
Women Regret Only Shall Pole Like Gentlemen Leave Been Die Behind
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people. Robert Falcon Scott
God People Think Our Our People Out Weaker Seems More Shall Write Look Course Stick Sake End Getting Pity After Cannot Far
Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over. Robert Falcon Scott
Slowly Over Freezing Surely Sea
As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface. Robert Falcon Scott
Life Sometimes Difficult Teeming Beneath Immediately Looks Surface Exists Realise Pack Across Barren
Each man in his way is a treasure. Robert Falcon Scott
Man Way His His Way Each Each Man Treasure
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