By Endurance We Conquer

1914, in voyage from England

28 cast their fear to the gods

Poised to conquer the frost covered base of the Earth

At 6 months ensnared in a solid sea prison

Men and ship are beset on all sides

Abandon all hope - what the ice gets it keeps for its own

To the lifeboat, the James Caird, went six men

For 17 days facing Poseidon’s wrath

On the shores of South Georgia they settled at last

Now to traverse the hazardous landscape

Over mountains and glaciers they’d fight

Into Stromness where hope was now finally in sight

So far away - we lost no faith – in unity, in bravery, in honor

As one we’d live, as one we’d die and by endurance we conquered

1916 on August the 30

28 reunited again

Against all the odds they had outrun the cold clutch of death

So far away - we lost no faith – in unity, in bravery, in honor

As one we’d live, as one we’d die and by endurance we conquered