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Chandi Preet's exploration - Coggle Diagram
Chandi Preet's exploration
Personal information
Sikh
Army officer
Physiotherapist
An inspiring figure
'Everybody can achieve sth like this'
'Background/origin/physical appearance= nothing matters'
Woman + woman of colour
Commanding officer = fabulous role model
Achievement
1st person (male/female) to reach the South Pole solo for two years
22nd Nov departure
700-mile trek
Almost a week ahead of schedule
Training
Ice baths to acclimatize
Pull a 90 kg sledge 10 hours a day
Iceland/Norway/Greenland
Conditions of her expeditions
Freezing white out conditions
Couldn't see anything
Heavy sledge to pull
Persistent cough at one point
Navigations alone, soetimes in storms
Temp down to minus 40 degrees
Quotes
'I don't want to just break the ice ceiling, I want to smash it into a million of pieces'
'It doesn't matter where you come from, what your background is, what you look like - you can achieve something like this'
Praise
From others who have undertaken the same challenge