Polar trailblazer who wants to inspire people Trailblazing British explorer Preet Chandi is hoping to inspire people to chase their dreams as she makes another bid to make polar history.
The married 36-year-old from Derby jokes that when she first told her “proud and supportive” Indian family of her polar plans “some of them thought I was talking about Southall rather than the South Pole”.
Success in confronting the frozen lands of the South Pole entirely alone has earned her the nickname of Polar Preet and praise from the Princess of Wales for her “incredible” achievements.
She has also completed the longest solo unsupported one-way polar ski journey for a female by covering 922 miles in 70 days.
She skied for up to 15 hours a day on as little as five hours of sleep, pulling her kit and supplies – which weighed around 19 stone (120kg) – through winds of up to 60mph and in temperatures as low as minus 30C.
