Alfred Lansing (1921-1975) was an American writer and journalist. He is known for writing Endurance, a detailed account of the infamous, ill-fated Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic.
In all the world there is no desolation more complete than the polar night.
It is a battle against a tireless enemy [the sea] in which man never actually wins; the most that he can hope for is not to be defeated.
The struggle against the sea is an act of physical combat, and there is no escape.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
