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Richard Beek unfurls the Bahamian flag at the top of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica, becoming the first Bahamian to climb the 16,067ft peak, which is 600 miles from the South Pole.

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BAHAMIAN CLIMBS HIGHEST PEAK IN ANTARCTICA . . . NEXT STOP EVEREST

AMID temperatures that dipped blow zero, Richard Beek, 44, completed one of the world’s most gruelling tasks when he became the first Bahamian to reach the summit of Vinson Massif, the highest peak on Antarctica, earlier this month.

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