Amundsen vs Scott: should the pole reward cunning or courage?

I studied the Inuit, drove dogs, ate dogs, and planted my flag while you were still hauling sledges by hand.

I came to do science, not merely to win a footrace—my men dragged rock samples across the ice to the very end.

Adventure is a sign of poor planning, Robert; I prepared so nothing was left to heroism.

Perhaps—but the pole tests a man's soul, not just his provisions, and I met mine standing upright in the storm.