Polar Preet aims to be first woman to trek unsupported to North Pole A former army physiotherapist is aiming to conquer the “insanely hard” challenge of becoming the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.
Trailblazer Harpreet Chandi, known as Preet and nicknamed Polar Preet, is set to battle exhaustion and endure temperatures of minus 50C to tackle the trek of just under 500 miles on shifting sea ice.
Weather permitting, Ms Chandi will set off in March from Ellesmere Island, Canada, the most northern point she can get to, and then start to head to the North Pole.
Speaking to the PA news agency from her training base in the Antarctic, she said: “No females have done it for a reason.
Even if you have a small chance of making the end goal (I think) it’s worth having that journey.
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