"Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of
so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like
going to the moon." ― Jon Krakauer, writer and mountaineer.
"The land looks like a fairy tale." ― Roald Amundsen, first explorer to reach
the South Pole
"Antarctica still remains a remote, lonely and desolate continent. A place
where it's possible to see the splendours and immensities of the natural world
at its most dramatic and, what's more, witness them almost exactly as they
were, long, long before human beings ever arrived on the surface of this
planet. Long may it remain so." ― Sir David Attenborough, broadcaster and
naturalist.
"In the soft glamour of the midsummer midnight sun, we were possessed by a
rapturous wonder--the rare thrill of unreality." ― Douglas Mawson, explorer
and geologist
