# Dedication explained — South!

> Chapter companion for South! by Ernest Shackleton.

## What happens

A brief dedication to the comrades who lost their lives in the Antarctic and in the battlefields of France and Flanders.

## Themes in this chapter

### Sacrifice and Duty

The dedication honors those who gave their lives in service, both in the Antarctic and in the war.

## Key lines

> To my comrades who fell in the white warfare of the South and on the red fields of France and Flanders

For my companions who died in the icy battles of the Antarctic and on the bloody battlefields of France and Flanders.

_The dedication acknowledges the ultimate sacrifice of comrades in two different theaters of struggle._

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