Former GB Para-Athlete Sets Off to Ski to South Pole

13th November 2024

Jonny Huntington is aiming to be the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.

The 38-year old suffered a stroke while serving as an officer in the British Army in 2014 – it left him completely paralysed from the neck down on his left side.

He begun his challenge of skiing 566 miles (911km) of Antarctic tundra on Monday – an expedition he said would take 40 days.

He was a member of the Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team and competed for the GB Para Nordic ski team from 2017 to 2020 at World Cups in Ukraine and Finland.

Mr Huntington said the attempt would be “quite exciting” as “no one with a disability has done this before”.

See more on the BBC.