Charles pays tribute to ‘resilience' of Antarctic research scientists
The King has recorded a personal message for Antarctic researchers as the southern hemisphere marks the shortest day of the year.
While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of darkness.
In a morale-raising message recorded for the BBC's midwinter broadcast, Charles praised the researchers' 'critically important' work as well as their 'resilience and commitment' to their jobs.
'Each observation, measurement and calculation you undertake adds to the world's understanding of the Earth's fragile systems,' he said.
'With the sun shying away from your horizon today, I particularly wanted to send my warmest good wishes.'
Charles said the research stations highlight the 'role humanity plays, as we struggle to live in harmony with nature'.
It comes a month after the King, a longtime environmental advocate, urged people to help save the planet during a charity fundraiser, telling the crowd: 'Collaboration is far better than conflict.'
He said the charity's work comes at a time when efforts are under way to 'develop an even greater ability to manage the human and animal conflict'.
Charles said: 'If we're going to rescue this poor planet (from) continuing degradation, and restore some degree of harmony to the proceedings, we must also understand that whatever we take and exploit from nature, we need to give something back in return to enable nature to sustain us.'
The BBC's midwinter broadcast coincides with sweltering weather back on British soil, as the UK prepares for thunderstorms which are set to mix with continued high temperatures on Saturday – with up to 34C possible in some areas.
A yellow thunderstorm weather warning covering all of northern England, from Nottingham up to above Newcastle, will come into force from 3pm and last until 4am on Sunday.
The Met Office warned the most intense storms could produce 'frequent lightning, large hail and gusty winds', along with a chance of flooding.
Parts of eastern England could also see temperatures peak high enough to eclipse the 32.2C seen on Thursday and become the hottest day of the year so far.
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