In February 2023, Polly Townsend spent five weeks in Antarctica as Artist in Residence on board the Royal Navy’s Ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, a position awarded annually by the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Demanding and exhilarating, Polly's five-week residency with the Navy is documented in this stunning film. The artist talks about her reaction to Antartica's breathtaking landscape and the practicalities of painting and drawing in sub-zero conditions and from the high, swaying vantage point of the ship's crow's nest, her studio for the duration of the voyage.
