The largest civilian demining organisation in the world goes to the South Pole and they need your help to turn the world on its head.

In late November 2003, a couple of adventurous souls will set out from Hercules Inlet on the edge of Antarctica to trek the 730 mile to the South Pole. Why would anyone want to climb almost 10,000ft, through temperatures of -40°C and winds that reach 60mph towing a sledge weighing 150lbs?

If you think they need help … you are right. But it doesn't involve the psychiatrist's couch.

Millions of mines blighting thousands of urban and rural communities lie scattered across five continents. Antarctica, with no indigenous population, remains one of the few major land masses untouched by this modern day scourge.

The HALO Trust specialises in the removal of mines and unexploded ordnance from post-conflict areas. Their work is the first vital step to allowing hundreds of thousands of dispossessed refugees to return to their homes, villages and farmlands to re-establish a normal way of life.

Since 1988, The HALO Trust, the largest demining charity in the world, has cleared over one and a half million items of ordnance in 15 countries.