Five ‘everyday’ Britons are about to receive a major shock to the system – they’re being sent to one of the most remote and inhospitable places on the planet to live and work.

This week, the group are being sent 9,000 miles away by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) to staff Earth's southernmost post office and museum on football-pitch-sized Goudier Island. Their neighbours? Around 1,000 gentoo penguins. (Daily Mail)