A Hong Kong woman is embarking on a voyage to Antarctica next month to help bring part of the South Pole to the city - and educate children about protecting the environment.
Ciara Shannon, a sustainable-development expert, will brave the sub-zero climate to help set up satellite cameras that will beam back live images of wildlife - including penguins, seals and whales - and the Antarctic wilderness.
Ms Shannon, one of the participants from 50 countries in Inspire Antartica Expedition 4, will help complete 'E-Base'. It will be Antarctica's first education station, located at the Russian Antarctic Expedition's Bellingshausen Base off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Built of recycled materials, the station will broadcast live feeds from cameras at various locations on the frozen continent.
'The website is called 2041 because in the 1960s a treaty was signed prohibiting drilling and mining until 2041,' said Hong Kong-born Ms Shannon.
'Antarctica is the most beautiful place on the planet and we need to protect it. We hope to inspire children through the videos.'
