I've just learned one of my sisters in Canada and her partner have "been lucky" to have gained two places on a research ship into the
Arctic ice .. her partner has Parkinson's, so they are doing as much as they can possibly afford while he is still able to travel .. one day .. :)
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”