I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share Image
Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share Image
Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners. — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
I wanted to go everywhere. I would have started on a day's notice for the North Pole or the South, to the jungle or… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
In the [first] fifteen years [of field work] I can remember just ten times when I had really narrow escapes from death. Two were… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles;… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share
