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Jamel Smith

NHS midwife swaps London birth centre to work on Antarctica island with 1,000 penguins

An NHS midwife is swapping working at a birth centre in London to live on an island with 1,000 penguins in Antarctica.

Bridie Martin-West, 33, was selected by the charity UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) to work at the “football pitch-sized” Goudier Island Base A at Port Lockroy.

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