Severe blizzard conditions have again halted the progress of three British women bidding to set a polar trekking record.
With Arctic temperatures plummeting with wind chill to minus 70C, Pom Oliver, from Uckfield, Ann Daniels and Caroline Hamilton were forced to spend 48 hours huddled in their tent on the shifting ice cap.
Just over two weeks ago they were hit by such a severe storm that they were unable to put up their tent, and had to huddle for two days in a "corral" made of equipment-laden sledges.
So far the adventurers have covered around 39 miles in 24 days on the ice - giving them about 375 miles to go to the North Pole.
The women, bidding to become the first all-female team to walk to both Poles, have pulled their 250lb sledges over huge ice ridges, and have already experienced pack ice breaking up under them.
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