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Woman skis across Antarctica alone

23/01/2012

English adventurer Felicity Aston has become the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica. Ms Aston set out from the Ross Ice Shelf at the foot of the Leverett Glacier to start her journey on November 25. Skiing up the Leverett Glacier, through the Transantarctic mountains, the 1,744-kilometre route next took her onto the Polar Plateau and the ...

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