Captain Harpreet Chandi, 34, already broke two Guinness World Records for polar exploration last year but now claims she has a third. She beat the previous record holder, the Canadian Caroline Cote, by a day, 14 hours and 34 minutes. Capt Chandi left the Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf on November 26 and arrived at the South Pole at 2.24am UK time on Thursday. She first made history by becoming the first woman of colour to complete a 700-mile Antarctic journey, solo and unsupported, to the South Pole in 2021. Returning the following year, she broke two world records including completing the longest solo unsupported one-way polar ski expedition in history.

Source: The Star December 30, 2023 16:23 UTC