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The outstanding feature of today’s march is that we have seen new…
Quote byErnest Shackleton · 1874–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Heart of the Antarctic (22 November 1908).
English (original)
The outstanding feature of today’s march is that we have seen new land to the South never seen by human eyes before great snow clad heights [which] we did not see on our journey South on the last Expedition for we were too close to the land or rather foothills and now at the great distance we are out they can plainly be seen.
— Ernest Shackleton
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