Vilhjalmur Stefansson

“The north has been a librating influence on me. To go north is to go home.”

“An adventure is a sign of incompetence.”

“Misfortunes are the results of incompetence, laziness, or bad planning.”

“A discovery is a new and important fact...which was not known before to the person who makes the discovery.”

“A great deal of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.”

“The adventures of the polar regions are now over.”

“There are two kinds of adventures: those we have and those we dream of having.”

“The friendly Arctic.”

“With more forethought, and more of the scientific spirit...there would be fewer of those heroic and tragic episodes.”