From Berkner Island, the team will pick up resupplies of food, fuel, and gear at the Pensacola Mountains , before moving on to the South Pole , where they will pick up more resupplies. From the McMurdo base it may be possible to obtain passage to New Zealand on board a supply ship or cruise ship. From New Zealand, they will take commercial flights home. Method of Travel Laurie and Sunniva will be travelling on skis, each pulling a 200-pound sled. The prevailing winds blow from the polar icecap towards the perimeter of the continent, which means there are head winds up to the South Pole.
Winds thereafter are more favourable.
Parasails will be used whenever possible for wind assistance. Atmospheric Ozone Depletion Ozone is a molecule of three oxygen atoms, which shields life on Earth from the harmful effects of the Sun s ultraviolet radiation. Depletion of the ozone layer surrounding the Earth would increase the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth's surface, and increase the incidence of skin cancer and cataracts in humans, harm crops and interfere with marine life. Each year, from September to November, an area of ozone depletion, or hole , forms over the Antarctic. Over the past ten years, the size and severity of this hole has steadily increased.