"An aunt or my mother or some other strong female in my life might have picked up on thingsI didn't pickup on, or thought of questions I didn't think of, " she says.
"There were always odd jobs to be done - re-wiring, painting, fixing things - and I would watch and help and pickup these skills, all of which come in really handy when working in Antarctica where you have to be entirely self-sufficient, " he added.