Winter in Antarctica

   'It's a six-month expedition in almost constant darkness, in the coldest place on the planet, with no chance of rescue if things go wrong. British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes calls it one of the last remaining polar challenges: crossing Antarctica during the region's winter.
   'Against the backdrop of Cape Town's majestic Table Mountain, Fiennes, 68, and his five-member team left the South African port city on Monday aboard a South African polar vessel, the SA Agulhas, for what they have dubbed "The Coldest Journey."'  (Full article here, official blog/website here)

And I thought this sort of thing didn't happen anymore!  (One of my dreams is to visit Antarctica, when it's summer, that is.)