Walton's objective to "confer on all mankind...a passage near the pole" is also overly ambitious.
In the end, Walton's desire will make him fallible since the "journey" he has in mind is for himself and is therefore not heroic but self-righteous.
Victor cautions him about the perils of ambition and how it might lead to his own downfall in the story because he has also seen its effects firsthand.
"Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Yet why do I say this? I have myself been blasted in these hopes." (Chapter 24 Part Three, Frankenstein).
Walton consistently shows a strong desire to pursue an alternative path, and he is prepared to risk everything to get there. This is what makes his ambition, no matter how admirable the objective, overly ambitious.
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