The Expedition Quotes

“Antarctica hadn’t changed who I was, it revealed who I was. Shattered open, I peered into my soul and felt connected to everything. My bold, strong side would no longer block the light of my soft, vulnerable side—because vulnerability is never a weakness, it is simply a truth of being completely human. And just like our universe is expanding, so are we humans. The further I adventured into the outer world, the more my inner world expanded. Adventuring into the unknown had taught me that I could grow and learn and love to infinity.”
― Chris Fagan, The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole

“As the tent fell into absolute silence, my body, like the stillness of cold, lay suspended in the moment. I looked up at the tent wall and reread the quote that said “Silence is also conversation.” I had read that quote countless times, but that night, I realized that silence wasn’t a wedge between us, it was a bridge. It wasn’t to be filled—it was to be felt. I closed my eyes. I had found home in silence.”
― Chris Fagan, The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole

“An expedition to Antarctica is one of the best kept secrets in adventure travel. You wear the same clothes every day with the side benefit of not having to do laundry. You can create any number of South Pole hairstyles using your natural buildup of oil ‘product.’ You pack up your house every single morning, so you’re treated to a different view every night. You never have to wonder, ‘What’s for dinner?’ because it is always a just-add-hot-water dehydrated meal. Your hole-in-the-ground alfresco bathroom keeps unpleasant odors at bay. And you eat as much as is humanly possible and still lose weight. Yes, an expedition in Antarctica is the ultimate couples’ getaway with endless undisturbed time together.”
― Chris Fagan, The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole

“don’t be afraid of what will happen if you challenge yourself. You must do the things you think you cannot do. For you must live and use your gifts to the fullest, to share your light with the world. You never know what day will be your last, so don’t wait for the perfect moment to step out and into your full self.”
― Chris Fagan, The Expedition: Two Parents Risk Life and Family in an Extraordinary Quest to the South Pole