Antarctica Quotations

That's all dependent on the wind and weather. Life in Antarctica is controlled by those two things.

It's like flying past Antarctica and finding that it's warmer than the earth's equatorial regions. It's that strange.

Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking?

This is as astonishing as if we'd flown past Earth and found that Antarctica was warmer than the Sahara.

Antarctica is Earth's largest reservoir of fresh water.

When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.

When I was there it was actually warmer than it was here. At that time there was a cold spell here and the temperature was in the teens. In Antarctica it was between 20 and 40 degrees.

I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.

The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.

I would like to go to Antarctica. That's about all.