The war is not over. [WWI]

[**The following is in regards to the First World War. At the time that the war had broken out, an explorer named Shackleton, had made an expedition to the Antarctic. When he was later rescued, this was one of his first questions.**] >At the other end of the world, [Shackleton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Sir_Ernest_Henry_Shackleton_in_1917_%28cropped%29.jpg) had reached South Georgia Island after two years’ isolation in Antarctica: >>’Tell me, when was the war over?’ I asked. >>’The war is not over,’ he answered. ‘Millions are being killed. Europe is mad. The world is mad.’ ______________________________ **Source:** Horne, Alistair. “The Crown Prince.” *The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916*. New York: St. Martin's, 1963. 214. Print. ______________________________ **Further Reading:** [Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton) [South Georgia Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_Island) [Antarctica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica)