Women My wife came with me to the Arctic last year. She thought it was going to be for a romantic holiday with me; she didn’t realise I was running a course. So she learnt survival techniques. About 30 per cent of the people that come on my courses are women and they tend to get more out of them than men do. They find it very liberating, learning how to take care of themselves; it gives them confidence that is in some way missing.