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Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of Nature in a spirit of humility.
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The task now was to secure the safety of the party, and to that I must bend my energies and mental power and apply every bit of knowledge that experience of the Antarctic had given me.
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The task was likely to be long and strenuous, and an ordered mind and a clear programme were essential if we were to come through without loss of life.