"Old Cautious"
Shackleton loved to refer to himself as "Old Cautious." No one else ever called him that but in this journal entry we catch a glimpse of...
"Old Cautious"
"life on an ice floe has its pleasant hours"
"The most beautiful day..."
"An enjoyable concert..."
Entertainment on the ice
"Like school days all over again..."
"we do not give way to depression"
"Yet here I am, quite happy..."
"An exceedingly precarious position"
"a truly lamentable spectacle"
"Like a quartette of schoolboys"
"In case of emergency"
"This old friendly floe"
"Depressing in the extreme..."
Back up plan
"The hottest day we have had"
"We heard a distant crash"
"A walk to the wreck..."
"We do not want unpleasantness..."
"There is a lot of open water"