The Antarctic Book: Winter Quarters 1907-1909

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Excerpt from The Antarctic Book: Winter Quarters, 1907-1909 Grim, rugged, gloomy and grand; Warden of these wastes uncharted, as the years sweep on, you stand. At your head the swinging smokeacloud at your feet the grinding floes Racked and seared by the inner fires, gripped close by the outer snows. Proud, unconquered and unyielding, whilst the untold aeons passed, Inviolate through the ages, your ramparts Spurning the blast, Till men impelled by a strong desire, broke through your icy bars; Fierce was the fight to gain that height where. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.