and the problems with the blood supply in the foot, it was really imperative we did some treatment on scene. so the way that we do that in that situation is we d use a large - essentially bag survival shelter, j to climb inside with the patient, in order to turn it into a little operating theatre. i was in there sitting on the bottom of the shelter and holding up the roof on the inside. they twisted and pulled her leg back into position to put it straight. and despite being under the influence of some pretty severe drugs, she let out the most guttural screen. the issue for the patient with such a badly broken ankle is that the blood supply into the foot is actually| not flowing normally, - so left in that position for any significant amount of time is a real | danger to actually losing the foot. | which would have been a disasterfor claire. she is an extreme adventurer, who broke a world record rowing to america. and for the last two years, she has been preparing to row
a badly broken ankle is that the blood supply into the foot is actually| not flowing normally, - so left in that position for any significant amount of time is a real | danger to actually losing the foot. | which would have been a disasterfor claire. she is an extreme adventurer, who broke a world record rowing to america. and for the last two years, she has been preparing to row the northwest passage, the sea route between the atlantic and pacific oceans, through the arctic ocean. there are some risks. the ice does start to close up again in places. and that is where we would potentially need to look to lift our boat and drag it across ice to prevent getting frozen in. we ve obviously got polar bears to contend with as well. she is determined to fully recover though, and is now also planning to raise funds to help the great north air ambulance service that came to her rescue. sharon barbour, bbc news.