A Cumnock businesswoman is taking part in an exciting adventure on the other side of the world.

Wendy Pring, who is the owner of The Way Forward 20:45 in the town, is part of an international project which involves a network of women getting together as far away from the day-to-day world as is possible in Antarctica’s frozen landscape.

Part of a cohort of 100 amazing women from all over the world - and braving the Arctic Ocean in spite of a lifelong fear of the water - Wendy is part of 'Homeward Bound'.

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The challenge is described as “a global transformational leadership initiative creating a diverse global community of women leading with a STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) background”.

Wendy's Cumnock shop offers zero waste and sustainably-sourced food and items, as well as a takeaway food and drinks counter and a carbon literacy room.

The group will be at sea for a total of 21 days with stops at the Faland Islands and South Georgia as well as landing in Antarctica where they will be based for around seven days.

They will be studying conditions, nature cycles, the dry katabatic winds and how they affect global temperature patterns and the local ecosystem as well as the way the poles are pivotal in understanding the reality of climate change.

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Before leaving for the colder climate, Wendy said: “Our journey to Antarctica is an international symposium at sea where we can pool these interconnected facts across a multidisciplinary STEMM group.

“We will be at sea for around twenty-one days, returning home to the UK on December 7, taking in stops at the Falkland Islands and, South Georgia; as well as landings in Antarctica, where we will be based for around seven days, immersing ourselves in the conditions, recognising the way nature cycles, the katabatic winds (and how these affect our global temperature patterns), understanding the local ecosystem and how the poles are pivotal in understanding the reality of our changing climate.”

She added: “Our journey to Antarctica is an international conference at sea – a symposium at sea. Where we can pool these interconnected facts across a multidisciplinary STEMM group.

“This is an opportunity for me to feedback, assimilate, share, and widen knowledge transfer, supporting our much-needed collective approach to climate.”

As part of her fundraising for this potentially life changing trip Wendy has pulled together a number of 'perks' or offers to support her journey and details can be found at  www.chuffed.org/project/antarctica-leading-change-in-your-climate-journey.