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“I want to visit the snow in Antarctica before global warming turns it into a tropical paradise.”
“No sunrises that stop you dead with their unspeakable beuaty, either, he thought. No whales breaching only yards away from the ship, showering your awestruck self with a cold ocean rain. No songs a...”
“Two Dutch, two Americans, one German and one Australian. And yet, as the rocket began to quake beneath us, my mind focused on a man in Antarctica. I thought about Sam "Snowbow" Archambeau waiting f...”
“In all the world there is no desolation more complete than the polar night. It is a return to the Ice Age no warmth, no life, no movement. Only those who have experienced it can fully appreciate wh...”
“Its an old story, amigo mo. Be careful of those closest to you because they can do the most damage.”
“The winter drove them mad. It drove every man mad who had ever lived through it; there was only ever the question of degree. The sun disappeared, and you could not leave the tunnels, and everything...”
“Playing the game means treating your dogs like gentlemen, and your gentlemen like dogs.”
“It’s an old story, amigo mío. Be careful of those closest to you because they can do the most damage.”