Couple brave cold for first wedding in British Antarctic Territory

A British couple have got married in one of the most remote places on Earth in the first wedding in the British Antarctic Territory.

Polar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tied the knot in sub-zero temperatures with 18 colleagues living and working at the British Antarctic Survey’s largest research station.

It was the first official wedding on the territory in Adelaide Island with magistrate and Rothera Station Leader Paul Samways performing the ceremony. 0 ‘There’s no better place,’ say Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester

Julie, from Birmingham, who sewed a patch from an old orange tent to her dress for “something old”, said: “Over the last ten years Tom and I have been working and travelling around the world.

“Getting married in Antarctica feels like it was meant to be. There is no better place really, I love snowy mountains and spending time in amazing places with awesome people.”

Tom, from Sheffield, added: “We have always wanted to have a small personal wedding, but never imagined we’d be able to get married in one of the most remote places on Earth.”

The mountaineering couple were selected joined the BAS to manage deepfield science expeditions in 2016.