Aylesbury, England

[Sundae]

Were you a tourist, Sarge?
Probably not

I'm saving Northern Europe and Japan until I have major ducats.
One of my dreams is to see the lights, but my goodness Norway is expensive.

My bro and SIL are cruising to Alaska next year but I don't have to kill them because 1) they're not going far enough to see the Aurora Borealis and 2) they're not going South.

Even more than the Northern Lights I want to see the Aurora Australis because I am obsessed with the voyages of Scott and Shackleton. 'Specially Scott. On my Top Ten of books is The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.

If you are a brave man, you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have need to prove their bravery.

Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say ‘What is the use?’ For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year.

And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal.

If you march your Winter Journeys, you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin’s egg.