THE RECORDS

A successful crossing would see Geoff Wilson become: * The holder of the longest solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica (5200km).

* The first Australian to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility, the point on the continent most distant from the Southern Ocean.

* The first person to ski-climb Dome Argus, the loftiest ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau (4000m/13,500ft).