An incredible team of people are heading off on a unique expedition to see first-hand how daunting the melting sea ice, warming seas, and changing weather patterns will be for Antarctica. 

Adventurer Peter Hillary, alongside Graham and Raewyn Henry, will lead 130 participants whose expertise spans science, business, art, and politics on a voyage of enlightenment down south. 

Antarctica is not your typical tourist destination, and while most people will never visit, the upcoming expedition is Hillary’s 43rd trip. 

“It is an incredible place,” he told Newstalk ZB’s Jack Tame. 

“Kind of unlike anywhere else on earth.” 

The objective of the trip is to immerse the participants in the solitude and expanse of the icy landscape and use that as a base for meaningful conversations about what can be done to stabilise climate change. 

“We have to connect with these places.” Hillary said. 

He told Tame that in the 19th century, Antarctica was rarely visited except by sealers and whalers, who proceeded to devastate the populations of those animals.  

“No one saw it and really, no one cared.” 

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