I'm driven by the sense that there are still parts of the planet that no one knows anything about. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I surround myself with books, kind of hoping the vast knowledge will just seep into my mind through osmosis. — Steve Backshall Book Copy Share Image
Baffin Island was extraordinary; one of the most terrifying things I've done. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
In the Himalayas, I spent some of the most exhilarating moments of my life, shooting white water rapids in a kayak. — Steve Backshall Life Copy Share Image
I want to share my passion for the world's beauty and give others new reasons to care. — Steve Backshall Beauty Copy Share Image
My favourite climb is St Kilda, west of Benbecula in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. It's incredibly remote, with the highest sea cliffs in… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Lose the sharks, the mighty, mysterious lords of the deep, and our planet's oceans would be infinitely poorer places. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Cynicism Copy Share Image
It's going to sound terribly glib and cliched but the more I learn about animals, the more convinced I am that almost… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
If I could be any animal I'd probably be a wandering albatross, the bird with the largest wing span. Being able to… — Steve Backshall Albatross Copy Share Image
And there are very few wild animals that can't run down a human being; the big predators would run down Usain Bolt… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
My wife Helen is Cornish and both sides of her family are Cornish going back at least a dozen generations. And I… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Several of my books are 'How to' guides, specifically about getting outdoors, giving kids and parents ideas for what to do in… — Steve Backshall Book Copy Share Image
All my books draw heavily on my own experiences, and these are not just places I have gone to on holiday, they're… — Steve Backshall Adventure Copy Share Image
I'm not a great technical climber, but over the years it has given me the opportunity to see wonderful corners of Britain… — Steve Backshall Experience Copy Share Image
People are used to seeing natural history programmes that have been filmed over many years which are concentrated, focused visions of natural… — Steve Backshall Dreams Copy Share Image
I appreciate that I'm in the privileged situation of getting to spend my entire life outdoors with wildlife, and I know first… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Hedgehogs need somewhere to hibernate through the winter, but also a place that they can lie out at during the day. So… — Steve Backshall Day Copy Share Image
Living my life in conservation, I see far greater tragedies and crimes against wildlife than the loss of a few thousand badgers.… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You… — Steve Backshall Britain Copy Share Image
There's nothing more paralysing or more likely to make people fall into a malaise of believing they are powerless than just hearing… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
A crocodile just swung around and hit me with its teeth. It took a big chunk off my leg. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
I am very driven by things that scare and frighten me, and things that might be tough for me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Dehydration is a serious problem, particularly for young hedgehogs in the summer, so having some water out that they can drink is… — Steve Backshall Dehydration Copy Share Image
The older I've got, the more I've yearned for heritage, for a sense of belonging and coming from somewhere. — Steve Backshall Belonging Copy Share Image
Many of the animals that are traditionally seen as vermin are my life's fascination. — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
I think if you go out with too hard a conservation message, then you convince people that it's all doom and gloom… — Steve Backshall Climate Copy Share Image
The scariest animal is without doubt human beings. We are the only species that decimates the very environment that we require to… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
People that love dogs have an emotional connection with them and I just think they are the most loving and fun pets… — Steve Backshall Animal Copy Share Image
When kids ask questions there is a painful honesty at times and they will ask things that throw me. — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
People do get hurt by jellyfish, as they do by sharks and spiders, and I have great sympathy for the anguish and… — Steve Backshall Attention Copy Share Image
Even my fiction novels are all about outdoor adventure, and have plenty of information to encourage the reader to get interested in… — Steve Backshall Adventure Copy Share Image
I love what I do for a living and even if I wasn't getting paid for it I would still pursue an… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
Fences split up the territory that a hedgehog has to forage in so having a little hole in your fence could well… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
More than anything there is the sense of scale: you can fly for hours and hours of Alaska and you look down… — Steve Backshall Alaska Copy Share Image
I think most schoolboys are most excited by scorpions, spiders and snakes, and I never really grew up. I've always had the… — Steve Backshall Animals Copy Share Image
I take my laptop everywhere with me, and I will write on long journeys. I will write sitting in my hammock in… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
