• Antarctica and the Arctic provide an unparalleled insight into the illustrious history and pioneering achievements of the Royal Navy.
• POLAR QUEST is an unsupported expedition to the North Pole and South Pole by a combined Royal Navy/Royal Marines team.
• The lowest temperature the POLAR QUEST team had to trek in to reach the South Pole was -44°C. Trekking is very dangerous at this temperature as any exposed flesh will freeze very quickly, firstly turning white, then blistering. If left untreated, the flesh could eventually turn black and die from gangrene.
• `Great God! This is an awful place…’ The words of the explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, when he and his men finally reached the South Pole on17th January 1912 after weeks of terrible suffering.
• On average, the POLAR QUEST team walked 32 miles each day and covered 1,450 miles from their base camp in Patriot Hills on the Antarctic coast to the South Pole.
• POLAR QUEST is the first Naval expedition to the South Pole since Captain Scott in 1912.

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