Fiennes 'frustrated' as frostbite cuts short Antarctic trip

Sir Ranulph Fiennes said today that he was “frustrated” at being forced to pull out of an expedition across Antarctica because of frostbite.

The 68-year-old was injured in a fall while skiing during training at a base camp in Antarctica and developed frostbite after taking off his outer gloves to fix a ski binding in temperatures of around minus 33C (minus 27.4F).