The Royal Navy has come to the aid of four British women working at an isolated Antarctic scientific base after heavy snowfall buried its buildings.
Sailors and marines from HMS Protector spent two days digging out several tonnes of snow at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island.
Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone beat 6,000 applicants to manage the historic site, sharing the island with a colony of gentoo penguins. Engineering Technician Marine Engineer Jack Pearce said: ‘This is only my second “run ashore” in the Navy having come out of training just three weeks ago.
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