A year later she covered 922 miles (1,485km) in 70 days and 16 hours, breaking the record for the longest solo, unsupported, one-way polar ski expedition.
She became the first Asian woman to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole in January 2022, after travelling 700 miles in 40 days.
A former Army physiotherapist has postponed the “insanely hard” challenge of becoming the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.
Harpreet Chandi, who is nicknamed Polar Preet, had hoped to set off in March from Ellesmere Island, Canada, for the trek of just under 500 miles on shifting sea ice.
Ms Chandi announced at Christmas from her training base in the Antarctic that she hoped to complete a feat only successfully undertaken by Norway’s Borge Ousland in 1994 and Britain’s Pen Hadow in 2003.
