Preet Chandi had a remarkable start to the year. Just three days into 2022 she stood triumphantly at one of the most isolated and unvisited points on the planet, exhausted but elated, smiling at the falling snow; while reflecting on the fact she’d just completed an incredible 700-mile solo expedition to the South Pole.
By doing so she became the first woman of colour to complete a solo trek in Antarctica, and the third fastest female solo-skier to ever make the journey (reaching the endpoint in just 40 days, seven hours and three minutes).
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Sir Ernest Shackleton was a fearless explorer who led three British expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900s.
Shackleton is a company making expedition-grade gear and attire, like extreme-weather parkas and heavy lambswool sweaters.
Shackleton Challenges is the culmination of the above. This travel and training program will help you develop skills and experiences and capture that explorer s spirit. And you ll do it in some of the world s most spectacular settings through a series of guided trips to chilly places like Arctic Norway and Antarctica.
The guided part is key. These aren t your typical museum guides whose most impressive feat is talking while walking backwards. These are serious adventurers.