“Everything has to be spot on as those little details will cost you time and potentially getting hypothermic.”
Praising them for “breaking down stigma” and raising awareness for what was once a taboo topic, Lorraine confided: “When I started out [in my career] years ago, you never mentioned mental health.
“You just shut up and got on with it [and] so many people were, sadly, in a terrible state.”
She congratulated: “You are doing an incredible thing – the fact that you’re doing this phenomenal challenge.”
On the group’s Twitter account, they summarise their mission as: “6 female Firefighters crossing Antarctica(1900km)to raise awareness of mental health & empower girls, women & future generation” and they can be found at antarcticfireangels.co.uk