Former GB para-athlete over halfway through South Pole solo skiing expedition A former GB para-athlete who is skiing solo and unsupported to the South Pole says he is more than halfway into his expedition.
Jonny Huntington, 38, from Kingsbridge, south Devon, has faced extreme conditions including freezing temperatures and blistering 24-hour sunlight while covering 911km (566 miles) of Antarctic tundra.
The former army officer, who has been skiing nine to 11 hours and covering between 18 and 23km per day, hopes to reach the South Pole by January 7.
“I have gone weeks without seeing a single even feature in the landscape, which is pretty cool in a lot of ways.
“It looks sort of like one of the desert scenes from a post-apocalyptic movie, like Mad Max or something.
