I'm thinking about doing a Polar Medicine Course.
It will involve doing all that stuff that they did on Top Gear before they went to the North Pole, including sleeping in a snow hole, dog-sledding and being pushed into an ice-hole. They say fitness is optional, then suggest that being able to hike 20km with a loaded pack twice a week or more is a good guide.
The reasonable cost includes accommodation, but I'm not sure if that means that they dig the snow-hole for me or not.
It would be in preparation for being an expedition medical officer in both polar and Antarctic regions, as a break from the humdrum of usual practice.
Has anyone done anything like this, or done a polar trip ??
I have an ambition to heli-ski Alaska for my 50th birthday, so getting experience in extreme conditions is a bonus.
I have to say, that just considering the course structure refreshes my respect for Richard Hammond aka The Hampster.
