Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin.

And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.

In Antarctica you get to know people so well that in comparison you do not seem to know the people in civilization at all.

Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin.

I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.

We are a nation of shop keepers.

Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.... If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg.