Letting nature guide the way in Arctic

Motoring across frozen desert and camping on ice, Sarah Marshall ventures into the deep freeze

Faced with a gaping icy plateau and a taunting mob of unforgiving mountain peaks, I’ve no idea where I’m going.

Rattling in the restless, scornful wind, a sign depicting a polar bear is the only indication of what lies ahead. Not even the sun, an explorer’s sure-fire navigational tool, is yet to rear its cheery head.