What came first, SEALs or space or something else?

I think a lot of people presume that if you study wildlife, you might have had a childhood going out to nature reserves or something with your parents.

And I think a lot of people go on the presumption that I might have seen some seals as a kid while being taken to a nature reserve with my parents.

That wasn't the case for me.

I just grew up in Reading.

And my childhood was just playing Game Boy Color and playing on my BMX with my mates.

But one game I played a lot of was Pokemon.

So when you're in Antarctica, when you're on the ice, when you're on the water, what are you able to understand from visiting those locations in person that you can't get from a screen or a satellite?