ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports from deep within the Antarctic Circle.
The only journalist on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough, deep within the Antarctic Circle.
No British research ship has ventured this far south, this late in the winter, since Shackleton’s ill-fated Endurance expedition.
History buffs will know that story didn’t end well. Shackleton’s ship was crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea, leaving his crew stranded for nearly two years, surviving on the ice and living off seal meat.
The fact that our journey south has been plain sailing through waters that, by rights, should be frozen solid is a stark warning of how rapidly our climate is changing.
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