Dangling in space I realised I could always slip out of the harness. I looked forward to the peace of the great release.

- Douglas Mawson

It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard.

- Douglas Mawson

We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard.

- Douglas Mawson

In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work.

- Douglas Mawson