I guess the same can be said about Fridtjof Nansen, arguably the greatest polar explorer of all. And a great man in most other respects.
But alas, he never crossed the north east passage and never reached the north pole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen
I am bringing it up as an example because it is such a strange thing to say. He succeeded in so many other ways.
I'll also add a quote from Schackleton in a letter to his wife regarding turning back from furthest south with the pole 100 miles away.
“Better a live donkey than a dead lion.”
I guess the same can be said about Fridtjof Nansen, arguably the greatest polar explorer of all. And a great man in most other respects.
But alas, he never crossed the north east passage and never reached the north pole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen
I am bringing it up as an example because it is such a strange thing to say. He succeeded in so many other ways.
I'll also add a quote from Schackleton in a letter to his wife regarding turning back from furthest south with the pole 100 miles away.
“Better a live donkey than a dead lion.”