Courtesy of Stephanie Mclaughlin Smith This year I was offered the opportunity to go to Antarctica, a journey of almost 7,000 miles through the air, on land, and finally on water, to a part of the world that far less than 1 percent of the global population will visit. I marveled at the idea, then immediately started to think of who might be able to go in my place, until my then-girlfriend (now wife) put her hand over my phone to get my attention, looked me in the eye, and said, “You go.