The Endurance (2000)

Roland Huntford: Self (historian)

Quotes 

• Himself (historian) : There is nothing that can crush a man as to see his dreams crumble to dust. But on the other hand... he realized if the one goal had disappeared, we'll have another one, and so, if I can't cross the continent, I'm going to bring all my men back alive, because you mustn't forget that polar exploration was littered with dead bodies. This almost fanatic - well it was a fanatic desire to bring his men back alive - this, then, became the driving force. It was the only thing he cared about. That change, from aiming to attain what you had set out, to extricating yourself from defeat is a strain that has broken many a man. It did not break Shackleton.