But to overcome all the obstacles around the South Pole--even more unattainable than the North Pole, which still hadn't been reached by the boldest navigators-- wasn't this an absolutely insane undertaking, one that could occur only in the brain of a madman?
Mais vaincre ces obstacles qui hérissent le pôle sud, plus inaccessible que ce pôle nord non encore atteint par les plus hardis navigateurs, n'était-ce pas une entreprise absolument insensée, et que, seul, l'esprit d'un fou pouvait concevoir !