I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character.

As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

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