Ariel Waldman

It's not really my style.

Yeah, I mean, going to Antarctica is really, truly a wonderful reset button.

And I do think that nearly everyone who goes to Antarctica, even as tourists, have something that's slightly life-changing.

I think what really changed for me during and after is I just...

I no longer felt like I needed to prove myself.

I was so used to being like the youngest in the room for so long.

And I was so used to just having to sort of fight my way to be like, I can do this or I belong in this space.

And getting that reset in Antarctica sort of taught me that I don't need to prove myself anymore.

So that was definitely the big change for me.

You get just a lot of time.

Well, I didn't spend it, you know, screaming in the middle of nowhere.

I did spend time where I'd sit on a rock and I'd just be like, instead of just focusing on the next task, which is very easy to do, like just sit and absorb this.

And that was really a treat.

Yeah.

So Antarctica is the continent that very few people pay attention to.

It's not included on most of our maps, unfortunately.

Some people out there in our nation don't have maps.

But there's a few things people need to remember about Antarctica.

One is that it's larger than the U.S.

and Mexico combined.