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title: "2 Antarctica Quotes By David Attenborough"
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> [At a time when it's possible for thirty people to stand on the top of Everest in one day, Antarctica still remains a remote, lonely and desolate continent. A place where it's possible to see the splendours and immensities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/at-a-time-when-it-s-possible-for-thirty-people-to-stand-on-the-top-of/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/david-attenborough-2396_antarctica_at-a-time-when-it-s-possible-for-thirty_119309.jpg)

> [Birds were flying from continent to continent long before we were. They reached the coldest place on Earth, Antarctica, long before we did. They can survive in the hottest of deserts. Some can remain on the wing for years at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/birds-were-flying-from-continent-to-continent-long-before-we-were/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

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## Other authors on Antarctica

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dj-spooky-29627.jpg) DJ Spooky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antarctica/dj-spooky/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-debbie-white-28327.jpg) Alfred Lansing 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antarctica/alfred-lansing/)

## More by David Attenborough

> [I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-just-wish-the-world-was-twice-as-big-and-half-of-it-was-still/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-m-against-this-huge-globalisation-on-the-basis-of-economic-advantage/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/bringing-nature-into-the-classroom-can-kindle-a-fascination-and/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I don't approve of sunbathing, and it's bad for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-don-t-approve-of-sunbathing-and-it-s-bad-for-you/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-suspect-that-happiness-is-not-a-state-but-rather-a-transition/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-don-t-like-rats-but-there-s-not-much-else-i-don-t-like-the-problem/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [“We only know a tiny proportion about the complexity of the natural world. Wherever you look, there are still things we don’t know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/we-only-know-a-tiny-proportion-about-the-complexity-of-the-natural/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [At a time when it's possible for thirty people to stand on the top of Everest in one day, Antarctica still remains a remote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/at-a-time-when-it-s-possible-for-thirty-people-to-stand-on-the-top-of/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-suffer-much-less-than-many-of-my-colleagues-i-am-perfectly-able-to/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/i-m-not-over-fond-of-animals-i-am-merely-astounded-by-them/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/television-of-course-actually-started-in-britain-in-1936-and-it-was-a/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/it-s-extraordinary-how-self-obsessed-human-beings-are-the-things-that/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [This last chapter .. may have given the impression that somehow man is the ultimate triumph of evolution, that all these millions of years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/this-last-chapter-may-have-given-the-impression-that-somehow-man-is/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The Archbishop of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/to-suggest-that-god-specifically-created-a-worm-to-torture-small/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

> [In the Baboon community, it is not how strong you are that is important, but who you know that counts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/in-the-baboon-community-it-is-not-how-strong-you-are-that-is/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

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