Let s not lose that element. Women do the hard work, but don t take ourselves so seriously. On my North Pole trip, it was me and the guys. It was OK for guys to come to me and tell me that something hurt or they were homesick but not to tell each other. But they couldn t tell each other about their problems.
Parents often stamp out boldness in little girls.
My parents never clipped my wings. They never said you should be a teacher or this or that. They nurtured my dreams. I wanted to go to the North Pole, the South Pole. I wanted to join the Canadian Mounties.