'Of course not,' he says. 'Below the sea, up into space, possibilities for exploration are limited only by imaginations. Almost every day new species are discovered right here in our world, and new issues demand new kinds of exploration and new kinds of thinking. The minute we think we know the secrets to everything, we're doomed.'
Huw, who lived in Guernsey and was educated at St Martin's School and Elizabeth College, is one of the guest speakers at the Guernsey Literary Festival, which runs from 10-14 May.
His latest books include Imagining the Arctic, the Crossing of Antarctica and Explorers' Sketchbooks, which was voted a 'Book of the Year' by the Spectator and one of the 'Best Travel Books of the Year' in the Telegraph.
Dr Lewis-Jones has appeared often on television and radio, including in the BBC Two programme Antarctica's Forgotten Hero, about the life of polar explorer Frank Wild and other explorers of the age.
Huw's talk in Guernsey is called Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery and Adventure and will take his audience on a whistle-stop tour of some of the great explorers through their journals. There is also a message there about the joy of keeping a notebook.
Huw Lewis-Jones' talk, sponsored by Rothschild, will be on Saturday 13 May at 1pm at St James, and tickets are available on the Guernseyliteraryfestival.com website.
The Guernsey Literary Festival has provided DofE Guernsey with 36 complimentary tickets to Huw-Lewis Jones's talk for Duke of Edinburgh Award students. To grab one, students should speak to their DofE Guernsey leader or email Emily Bookless at: emilyb@gcfe.net
