An interview with an army GP doctor, called Nics Wetherill, who planned and led a 61-day polar expedition in Antarctica with a team of six women (called the Ice Maidens). The team travelled 1,700 km across frozen snow, 2 km deep, to research the impact of extreme expeditions on women’s bodies. This reading comprehension for year 5 and P6 links to the topics living things and habitats and biodiversity and interdependence.
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