About Felicity
British polar explorer, author, speaker and research scientist. In 2012 she became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica, a 1,744km journey completed in 59 days, recorded in Guinness World Records. Started as a meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey at age 23, spending 2.5 years at Rothera Research Station.
Photo: Felicity Aston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Adventurer / ExplorerScientistAuthorSpeakerMotivationalAntarcticaArcticAtmospheric ScienceClimate ScienceExpeditions
Known for
- first woman to ski alone across Antarctica (2012)
- leading international women's expeditions to the North and South Poles
- Women's Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition (2018)
- BBC documentary presenter
- polar and expedition writing
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