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.

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

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

There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

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

The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth

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.

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

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

The universe create you to see its own beauty through your eyes.

I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.

You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.

I wanted something new, the supernatural. The witch, the sorcerer, I love this. I love the films of the witch and sorcerers and magic, its wonderful!

In all the characters I play, not matter how, it's like as if there is something within me that's released. I also show my best ability and put in my best efforts.

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it.

Let the ugly light of the world in, we are no longer blind.

Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.