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Roger Clark, 71, wanted to picture the same bird that was on a postcard sent to him by daughter Lisa when she had holidayed in Australia. But when he returned from South Georgia and the

Falklands, he compared his photos with the postcard - and realised the bird on the card was an Emperor Penguin not a King Penguin as he had originally thought. Determined Mr Clark, of

Chandlers Ford, Hants, ignored medical advice then got back on a plane and made a perilous 10,000 mile journey all the way to Antarctica. When he finally found and photographed the

'beautiful' penguins caring for their chicks, Mr Clark said he was 'overwhelmed with emotion' and rang his wife on a satellite phone to share the moment before writing

his daughter's name in the snow. Lisa, who worked as an A&E consultant, left Mr Clark and her mother Lynette £20,000 in her will for them to go on holiday after they promised they

would do the travelling she was unable to complete before she died of ovarian cancer in October 2012. In her final days, 40-year-old Lisa had told them that not travelling even more was her

one regret in life. Mr Clark, who worked in marketing before he retired, said: "Lisa did a lot of travelling, she was involved in a charity project in Nicaragua, she delivered a baby

for the first time - which was then named after her - in Tonga, and she loved the Maldives. "It was after Lisa had her daughter Lucy, who is now six, that she began to feel ill. KING

PENGUINS SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND "She was working at Glastonbury Festival as a clinic lead with Festival Medical Services in 2011, and we were there too. I remember watching Lisa's

favourite band Coldplay and Lisa was writhing in pain, but at the time she thought it was a stomach bug. "In July, she went for a scan at hospital, and things were so bad that three

days later she was on an operating table having the cancer removed from her ovaries." Lisa passed away 15-months after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, leaving behind Lucy and her

43 year old husband, also a doctor. SOLENT Lisa had left her parents money in her will for them to travel Dad-of-three Mr Clark said: "When Lisa was upset and dying in the hospice she

had regrets about some of the travelling she hadn't completed and I vowed I would do some of that for her. "After her passing I thought long and hard and decided I was well and fit

so should do my greatest trip before I was unable to travel. "I wondered what would be the ultimate thing for me to photograph to honour her memory, and I thought about penguins.

"My wife and I travelled to South Georgia and the Falklands to photograph King Penguins. At the time I thought this was my ultimate trip. SOLENT The loving father took a second trip to

picture the Emperor Penguin "Lisa left us exactly £20,000 in her will, which she wanted us to spend on a holiday, and this was exactly how much the trip in November 2013 cost my wife

and I, so it seemed perfect. "In addition, we had discovered a photo of a penguin on a postcard sent to us by our daughter before we left for South Georgia. "On our return we

looked again at the penguin postcard and now with our new knowledge of penguins realised we had spent so much time with King Penguins and not Emperor Penguins. "It became a personal

commitment for me to return to the South and photograph the Emperors to honour Lisa's legacy and get the same penguin that was on the postcard." The grandfather-of-five then spent

the next year planning an expedition to Gould Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, which cost him £40,000 in total. He said: "I'd spent a year thinking about this, and I was determined to

do it no matter what the risks were, but I was worried I'd never make it due to my health. "I was even warned by a doctor not to go on the trip due to the health risks at my age,

but I never, ever deviated from my plan to do this. "I'd also undergone surgery for kidney stones before I got the travel insurance, and then the insurance wouldn't cover me

for this. SOLENT SOLENT The father-of-five said he wanted to 'leave something as a legacy to Lisa in Antarctica' "My insurance alone still cost more than £3,000 - and I was

aware of all the risks but nothing would stop me. "This expedition was the only way I could achieve my ambition. It was a year in planning and procuring expensive equipment for comfort

and survival." Finally Mr Clark managed to get a place on an expedition in Antarctica in November this year. He travelled by plane to Punta Arenas, Chile, and then on an IIyushin 76

aircraft to a Glacier Base Camp. From there it was a four hour flight to Gould Bay. Mr Clark said: "When I first saw the penguins I was overwhelmed with emotion. SOLENT Clark took an

expedition to Gould Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica "These penguins are the tallest, and the most beautiful, with the cutest chicks. "I wanted to share this incredible moment with my

wife, so I rang her using a satellite phone and woke her at 3am. She loved it, and was happy to share the moment. "Then I started thinking about why I was here. "Initially I wanted

to leave something as a legacy to Lisa in Antarctica, but everything has to be kept pristine so instead I just wrote her name there in the snow."