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Image source, Preet Chandi
Preet Chandi was thought to person go the archetypal pistillate of colour to scope the South Pole solo and unsupported successful 2021
An Army serviceman has breached the satellite grounds for the longest solo, unsupported, and unassisted polar expedition by a woman.
Preet Chandi, known arsenic Polar Preet, archetypal made history trekking to the South Pole successful 2021.
The 33-year-old has truthful acold travelled 868 miles (1,397 km) crossed Antarctica successful temperatures arsenic acold arsenic -50C (-58F).
The previous pistillate grounds was 858 miles (1,381 km), skied by Anja Blacha successful 2020.
Despite breaking the record, Capt Chandi, from Derby, did not implicit her archetypal purpose of becoming the archetypal pistillate to transverse Antarctica solo and unsupported.
She acceptable disconnected from Hercules Inlet successful November and hoped to scope Reedy Glacier wrong 75 days.
An online blog, that she has kept on the way, was past updated connected Thursday.
She reported being astir 30 nautical miles distant from her pick-up point.
Image source, Preet Chandi
Image caption,Capt Chandi has travelled 868 miles (1,397 km) truthful far
Capt Chandi said: "I'm beauteous gutted that I don't person the clip to implicit the crossing.
"I cognize that I person done a immense journey, it's conscionable hard portion I'm connected the crystal and I cognize it's not that acold away."
She has been congratulated by the University of Derby, who awarded her an honorary degree past year.
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