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<p>Frank Wild,  Ernest Shackleton, Eric Marshall, James Adams on their return from the Polar Attempt</p>
<p>Frank Wild,  Ernest Shackleton, Eric Marshall, James Adams on their return from the Polar Attempt</p>

 

"I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion ...."

Shackleton to his wife Emily after their unsuccessful attempt to reach the pole.