author: ernest henry shackleton

... water. Sometimes we are short even of this, so we take a few chips of ice in a tobacco-tin to bed with us. In the morning there is about a spoonful of water in the tin, and one has to lie very still all night so as not to spill it.” To ...

... The goggles we used combined red and green glasses , and so gave a yellow tint to everything and greatly subdued the light . When we removed them , the glare from the surrounding whiteness was intense , and the only relief was to get inside ...

... giant Tick, and was pronounced as belonging to the mite family. The existence of these great ticks constituted a distinct element of danger, and precautions were taken to guard against possible injury from that quarter. With this object ...