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

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

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

Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.

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

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

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