They will replace the one planted in the South Pole in 2004.
National explorer Sharifah Mazlina Syed Abdul Kadir, 53, said the new time capsule contained women’s aspirations for TN50.
It will be planted in December this year and will only be retrieved in 2050.
“Aweta will only select five participants.
“There are now 30 proteges from the 1,000 participants who passed the test.
“They will undergo 20 challenges, including 10 physical tests,” she told Bernama after appearing as a guest on the Nine 11 programme produced by Bernama News Channel.
The first capsule was planted by Mazlina during her first mission to the Antarctic in 2004.
She is expected to start the Aweta 2018 expedition together with the selected participants in November this year.
Mazlina, who is the mentor for Aweta, said the selection of participants from all over the country began in August last year.
They were required to pass every test conducted in preparation for the situation in Antarctica. They were tested for their physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social strength.
Among the tests they underwent was submerging their hands and feet in ice for 25 minutes in order to be able to withstand the freezing temperatures in Antarctica, that can reach up to -68 degrees Celsius.
“While in the South Pole, they will be monitored. The process of planting the TN50 capsule will take about a month.
“The biggest challenge is unearthing the old capsule that was planted earlier,” she said.
Mazlina said the earlier capsule contained a message by then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
“I hope the capsule will be found but if the capsule is damaged or cannot be found, I still have a replica of the capsule and only I know the message contained in the capsule,” she said.
Mazlina said the TN50 capsule would be designed with features that would withstand the weather conditions in the Antarctica.
She said a competition to design the capsule would be held in collaboration with the higher education ministry. The name of the winner will be engraved on the capsule.
The former sports psychology lecturer at the Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, was the first Asian woman to reach the South Pole in January 2004 and the North Pole on April 17, 2007.
She has been recognised as the first Asian woman to successfully ski the Last Degree to the North Pole by The Malaysian Book of Records in 2007.