Jonny Huntington has begun his challenge of skiing 566 miles (911km) of Antarctic tundra.

George Clarke will staff the most southerly post office in the world, living among a penguin colony.

Dale Ellis will be one of only five people living and working on a remote Antarctic island.

The ship will sail 8,000km (4,970 miles) from Essex to the Antarctic - but what has its crew packed?

A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.

Maggie Coll from Edinburgh will spend five months 9,000 miles from home counting penguins in Antarctica.

The names of thousands of people will be taken to a research station.

Frederick Fennessy, from Oxfordshire, has spent five years preparing for the 870 mile (1400km) trek.