across the Drake Passage to various islands and parts of mainland Antarctica. "Coming from Canada, and especially from this province, you know, I've seen icebergs before, I've seen snow before.

Despite its lack of snow, she said Cornwall was ... the one thing that you really can't train for." Speaking from a tent at Union Glacier in Antarctica at the end of her challenge, she said ...

At first, the expedition will train them on glaciology and field sampling in Punta Arenas in Chile. In the Antarctic, the volunteers will collect snow samples ... think of Antarctica as a pristine ...