To Wait Idly Is The Worst Of

As One Looks Across The Barren Stretches Of The Pack, It Is Sometimes Difficult To Realise What Teeming Life Exists Immediately Beneath Its Surface.

Slowly But Surely The Sea Is Freezing Over.

Had We Lived, I Should Have Had A Tale To Tell Of The Hardihood, Endurance And Courage Of My Companions Which Would Have Stirred The Heart Of Every Englishman. These Rough Notes And Our Dead Bodies Must Tell The Tale, But Surely, A Great Rich Country Like Ours Will See That Those Who Are Dependent On Us Are Properly Provided For.

We Took Risks. We Knew We Took Them. Things Have Come Out Against Us. We Have No Cause For Complaint.

To Wait Idly Is The Worst Of Conditions.