BORN: 1977
OCCUPATION: Polar Explorer
EDUCATION: BSc in Physics and Astronomy (University College London) and MSc in Applied Meteorology (Reading University)
NOTABLE EXPEDITIONS:
2012 – First woman to cross Antarctica alone and the first person to do so using just muscle power (no kites or machines). Entered the Guinness Book of World Records
2009 - Organized and led the largest and most international expedition of women ever to ski to the South Pole
2008 - Walked Lake Baikal in Siberia over its 440-mile frozen surface while sleeping in a tent on the ice
2006 – First British Female team to cross the Greenland Ice-sheet
BEST DISCOVERY: That we are all infinitely more resilient and courageous than we imagine
PERSONAL HEROS: Those who face massive setbacks or crushing defeats and yet pick themselves up again and again
HOMETOWN: Divides her time between her home in Reykjavik, Iceland, and her native UK.
FIRST EXPERIENCE AS AN EXPLORER: “My first ‘expedition’ involved being bribed up a modest peak in England at the age of nine by my parents with a packet of Opal Fruits (my favorite sweet at the time). The sense of achievement on reaching the top was slightly lost in the pouring rain, but something about the experience must have stuck because I haven’t stopped since.”
FOR MORE ON FELICITY: Check out her website at http://www.felicityaston.co.uk/
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