Sandes’s performance in those races enabled him to get an invitation to compete in the racing series’ most extreme leg—the Last Desert race in Antarctica. Sandes, with his eye on winning all four of the races in the series, trained for the Antarctic conditions by running in a large freezer. Temperatures in the freezer could be set as low as minus 00 degrees Celsius. They made use of a fan to simulate the wind effect Sandes would experience during the race. His preparation scheme worked as he thought. Sandes placed first in the Antarctic contest despite working without a professional trainer.