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Skiing solo: Richard Parks' Antarctic adventure

Richard Parks, a former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete is undertaking his toughest challenge yet. He has travelled to Antarctica where he will ski a 1150km solo journey, unsupported and unassisted from the coast of the continent to the South Pole.

He'll be skiing up to 15 and a half hours per day in temperatures as low as minus 35 degrees in a bid to beat his own British record which he set back in 2014.

Well he found a hint of a phone signal - definitely not a hot line - in Antarctica to talk us through his endevour...

Photo credit: Richard Parks in Antarctica (Richard Parks Twitter)

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