British stroke survivor Jonny Huntington has become the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. The para-athlete ... but there was no way I was going to give up." ...

hopes to reach the South Pole by January 7. Speaking via a satellite phone from Antarctica, Mr Huntington told the PA news agency: “It’s been slightly warmer than anticipated. “The snow ...

Kim Young-mi on Nov. 8 departed Hercules Inlet on the western coast of Antarctica and arrived at Leverett Glacier on Jan. 17, covering 1,786 km in 69 days, eight hours and 31 minutes in her solo ski ...

This might sound easy until you consider the ice, snow drifts ... going to stop us from making it to the South Pole. At that moment in time, I had no more apprehension or worry, positive feelings ...

His 126kg sleigh kept sinking in fresh snow and it took a mighty effort to ... of rations before reaching the finish line at the South Pole. “I would bend over and pull with all my might to ...

Antarctica lies at the South Pole. In mountainous areas temperatures ... Although it rarely snows in Antarctica, any snow that does fall is not able to melt and so compacts to form ice.