“From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way we've done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.”— Adam Savage, menshealth.com
“Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.”— Ernest Shackleton, pbs.org
“The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on.”— Edmund Hillary, nzedge.com
“I pray God I can manage to get the whole party safe to civilization.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com