Disabled Team GB athlete hopes to make history with solo ski-trek to South Pole

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A former GB para-athlete is aiming to become the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Jonny Huntington, 38, from Kingsbridge, south Devon, suffered a stroke while serving as an officer in the British Army . The bleed in his brain, which occurred in 2014, left Mr Huntington completely paralysed from the neck down on his left side. After 10 years of rehabilitation and training he is set to ski 911km (566 miles) of Antarctic tundra - an expedition he anticipates

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