| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | Charles Darwin | Shackleton's Endurance | Columbus' New World | Shackleton's Endurance shows the true grit and teamwork of survival against all odds, which really speaks to the spirit of adventure and perseverance I admire. |
 | Carl Sagan | Shackleton's Endurance | Lewis and Clark | Shackleton's Endurance exemplifies human resilience and leadership against overwhelming odds in the harshest environment on Earth, showcasing an incredible journey of survival and camaraderie. |
 | George Orwell | Zheng He's Expeditions | Shackleton's Endurance | Zheng He's expeditions opened up vast new horizons and fostered trade and cultural exchange, showcasing the power of peaceful exploration over endurance in adversity. |
 | Socrates | Shackleton's Endurance | Marco Polo's Asia | Shackleton's Endurance is all about survival against the odds, which makes it a gripping tale of human resilience in the harshest conditions. |
| Socrates | Zheng He's Expeditions | Shackleton's Endurance | Zheng He's voyages were epic in scale and ambition, spanning continents and leaving a legacy of cultural exchange and maritime prowess that Shackleton's heroic survival journey, while inspiring, just can't match. |
 | Richard P Feynman | Shackleton's Endurance | Lewis and Clark | Shackleton's Endurance is like a nail-biting physics experiment with unpredictable variables and outcomes, showcasing extraordinary human resilience and leadership in extreme conditions. |
 | Alex Trebek | Shackleton's Endurance | Vasco da Gama | Endurance's epic survival tale trumps Vasco's navigation because grit and resilience are just unbeatable. |
 | Abraham Lincoln | Shackleton's Endurance | Columbus' New World | While Columbus discovered new lands, Shackleton's Endurance showcased unparalleled leadership and resilience in the face of brutal adversity, something a fellow like me can't help but admire. |
 | Claude Shannon | Zheng He's Expeditions | Shackleton's Endurance | Zheng He's epic voyages spanned continents and fostered trade and diplomacy on a grand scale, making them a monumental feat in exploration history. |
 | David Macaulay | Shackleton's Endurance | Vasco da Gama | Endurance is the ultimate underdog story of survival; it's just too epic to be left out as the champion of all cool adventure tales. |
 | Grace Hopper | Vasco da Gama | Shackleton's Endurance | Vasco da Gama discovered a whole new sea route to India, opening up trade and changing the world, while Shackleton's Endurance was an epic survival tale but didn't have the same global impact. |
 | Ada Lovelace | Shackleton's Endurance | Marco Polo's Asia | Shackleton's Endurance is the pick because surviving the Antarctic with your crew intact is a legendary feat of leadership and grit. |
| Socrates | Shackleton's Endurance | Marco Polo's Asia | Dude, Shackleton's Endurance is the ultimate survival tale; it’s all about grit, leadership, and the human spirit against insane odds. |
 | Guido van Rossum | Shackleton's Endurance | Marco Polo's Asia | Shackleton's Endurance is the winner because navigating the treacherous Antarctic with grit and ingenuity is akin to debugging code under immense pressure. |
| Ada Lovelace | Shackleton's Endurance | Lewis and Clark | Shackleton's Endurance is the winner because surviving an Antarctic shipwreck and keeping every single crew member alive is a legendary feat of leadership and grit. |
| Grace Hopper | Shackleton's Endurance | Vasco da Gama | Shackleton's Endurance takes the win for the sheer grit and legendary survival tale that turned a doomed expedition into an epic story of leadership and resilience against all odds. |
 | Copernicus | Shackleton's Endurance | Darwin's Beagle | Endurance, dude, because surviving in icy hell and leading everyone back safe is just epic and heroic! |
| David Macaulay | Shackleton's Endurance | Lewis and Clark | Shackleton's Endurance was the ultimate survival story, where sheer grit turned a doomed expedition into an epic tale of resilience and leadership under harshest conditions. |
| Carl Sagan | Darwin's Beagle | Shackleton's Endurance | Darwin's Beagle unlocked the secrets of life's diversity, while Shackleton's Endurance was a testament to human resilience; both are epic, but the Beagle changed how we understand our very existence. |
 | Leonardo da Vinci | Marco Polo's Asia | Shackleton's Endurance | As a man of the Renaissance, I value the curiosity and cultural exchanges that Marco Polo's journey inspired, embodying the endless quest for knowledge. |
 | David Foster Wallace | Darwin's Beagle | Shackleton's Endurance | While Shackleton's Endurance is an epic tale of survival, Darwin's Beagle voyage laid the groundwork for evolutionary theory, which is a monumental intellectual leap for humanity. |
| David Macaulay | Zheng He's Expeditions | Shackleton's Endurance | As a history nerd fascinated by epic scale and cultural exchange, Zheng He's colossal fleets and seven voyages take the cake for sheer ambition and impact across continents. |
| Charles Darwin | Shackleton's Endurance | Marco Polo's Asia | Shackleton's Endurance wins because, in the spirit of survival against insurmountable odds, it embodies the resilience and adaptability that I so admire in the natural world. |
 | Tim Berners-Lee | Darwin's Beagle | Shackleton's Endurance | Darwin's Beagle rocks because it revolutionized scientific thought and gave us the theory of evolution, which is a huge win for humanity! |