clifftops

Updated: July 3, 2026

Great white and golden cities of Oriental appearance at close intervals along these clifftops indicate distant bergs, some not previously known to us. Floating above these are wavering violet and creamy lines of still more remote bergs and pack. The lines rise and fall, tremble, dissipate, and reappear in an endless transformation scene.

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition