20 February 2023 Adventurer Jamie Douglas-Hamilton says his latest rowing challenge in the world's most treacherous waters has left him in the worst pain he has ever felt. "I still can't feel my fingertips and can't wiggle my toes," he says. Jamie was part of a crew of six who battled 30ft (10m) waves, crippling seasickness, icy cold winds and constant terror in Antarctica's Southern Ocean and Scotia Sea. They managed 407 miles in six days before the strong winds and the risk of frostbite led them to end the challenge early.

Jamie said he had taken on the expedition in honour of Harry McNish - the "forgotten hero" of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance voyage, which attempted to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent. Despite McNish building a new boat on the pack ice with frostbitten hands, he was denied the Polar Medal because he had fallen out with Shackleton. Jamie is calling for the Polar Medal to be awarded posthumously to McNish, who died destitute in New Zealand, unable to use his hands due to frostbite from the trip.