Cumbrian climber sends season's greetings from Antarctica

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Monday 25 December 2017 at 5:30pm

"Merry Christmas from the Spectre expedition" Credit: Leo Houlding

A Cumbrian climber and his mountaineering team have taken time out their 70-day expedition in Antartica to celebrate Christmas Day and send a message of season's greetings back home.

Leo Houlding, 35, from the Lake District, is leading a three-man international team on a 2000km trans-continental journey.

It involves climbing the 750m south buttress of a peak called the Spectre in the Gothic Mountains of Antarctica.

Leo, Jean Burgun and Mark Sedon celebrated Christmas in sub-zero temperatures, eating seasonal food, enjoying festive music, and exchanging gifts: