AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS At The Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: A Spine-Chilling Expedition Into The Abyss of Antiquity and Fear

I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic—with its vast fossil hunt and its wholesale boring and melting of the ancient ice caps. And I am the more reluctant because my warning may be in vain.