Volume 24-25, 1976-7 - The Arctic Circle - Home

VOL. )Oploration, but rather as an impressive fign:re, in intellectual asweII as physical attainnents. The qualiLies of patience and cor:rage r:ndergreat stress surfaced in thre long Antarctic night of the Belgica opedition.Roald Anmndsen, who senred as first mate, delivered tJ:e nxrst tellingjudgnrent: "He was beloved and respected by aI . upright, capable andconscientious in ttre extrefiE. He, of all thre ship' s ccnpany, was the oneman of r:nfaltering courage, unfailing hope, endless cheerfulness andunvuearied kindnes . his ingenuity and enterl>rise were bor:ndless. He wasguiet and resenred, but the success of the whole Belgian e>pedition was dueto him" , Arrd after setting Pearlz's broken leq aboard ttre o