Guest Editorial: Men of quality

“Men Wanted for Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages for Long Hours of Arduous Labor under Brutal Conditions; Months of Continual Darkness and Extreme Cold; Great Risk to Life and Limb from Disease, Accidents and Other Hazards; Small Chance of Fame in Case of Success.”

- Ernest Shackleton

The above quote was from an advertisement that Shackleton placed in the newspaper to recruit men of quality to his...