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

There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

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

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While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

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.

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