Women skiers set off on epic journey
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November 24, 2009, Tuesday
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EIGHT women set out from their base camp on Antarctica yesterday to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 mostly former British colonies.
Skiing 6 to 10 hours a day, they expect to travel 800 kilometers across the frozen southern continent to the pole in about 40 days. Each is towing a sledge with food and gear weighing some 80 kilograms.
The Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition will face blinding blizzards, winds in excess of 130 kilometers an hour, hidden crevasses and temperatures that plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius, their Website said.
"As the team skis past the polar ice cap's mountain passes and fields, they will experience 24-hour daylight, endless vistas, and intense solitude. They will not see any plant or animal life; only snow, ice, rock and sky," it said.
They hope to reach the South Pole by January 1 -- the date the Commonwealth came into existence in 1950, said the team leader, Briton Felicity Aston.
The expedition comprises women from eight Commonwealth countries.
Skiing 6 to 10 hours a day, they expect to travel 800 kilometers across the frozen southern continent to the pole in about 40 days. Each is towing a sledge with food and gear weighing some 80 kilograms.
The Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition will face blinding blizzards, winds in excess of 130 kilometers an hour, hidden crevasses and temperatures that plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius, their Website said.
"As the team skis past the polar ice cap's mountain passes and fields, they will experience 24-hour daylight, endless vistas, and intense solitude. They will not see any plant or animal life; only snow, ice, rock and sky," it said.
They hope to reach the South Pole by January 1 -- the date the Commonwealth came into existence in 1950, said the team leader, Briton Felicity Aston.
The expedition comprises women from eight Commonwealth countries.
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