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“THE CALL OF ANTARCTICA IS A CALL TO DISCOVERY.
WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONTINENT, YOU
SENSE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANY PLACE
YOU’VE BEEN BEFORE.”
—TED SCAMBOS, SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN BOULDER
“WHEN THE BEAR CAME UP TO THE ICE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR
ME TO GET ASHORE, I WAS THE FIRST MAN ABOVE THE SHIP
TO SET FOOT IN LITTLE AMERICA AND HELP TIE HER LINES
DEEP INTO THE SNOW. I MET ADMIRAL BYRD; HE SHOOK MY
HAND AND WELCOMED ME TO LITTLE AMERICA AND FOR
BEING THE FIRST NEGRO TO SET FOOT IN LITTLE AMERICA.”
—GEORGE W. GIBBS JR., JANUARY 14, 1940
“THERE IS NO OTHER MUSIC LIKE THE TONELESS MUSIC OF
MILLIONS OF YEARS OF ACCUMULATED SILENCE, THROUGH
WHICH COME BARS OF UNEARTHLY COLOURS. THERE IS NO
NEED FOR EARS TO HEAR THE FUGUES PLAYED ON THIS ICE
ORGAN. HERE NATURE HAS SET ASIDE FOR MAN A DOMAIN
OF BEAUTY AND INSPIRATION SUCH AS HE CANNOT KNOW
ELSEWHERE ON THIS PLANET.”
—REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD JR.,
US NAVAL OFFICER AND EXPLORER, OCTOBER 1947
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