“Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”
As commonly credited to Ernest Shackleton
- Credited to
- Ernest Shackleton
- Actually said by
- Unknown
Findings
There’s no evidence that an ad was ever taken out in the newspaper looking for crew to join him on his voyage to Antarctica. This quote is very likely apocryphal.