An ex-Royal Marine has started a world record-breaking challenge to ski solo across Antarctica which will take two and a half months to complete, covering over 2,000km on a route that has never been attempted before.
Sam Cox, from Torquay, Devon, hopes to complete the longest solo unsupported crossing of the continent and officially started the trek on Monday after a 15-day delay in Chile waiting for an appropriate weather window left him with just 78 days to complete the 1,250-mile journey.
