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Following a delayed rendezvous because of weather and polar terrain, Polar Preet has rendezvoused with her pilot and has taken off to head to Union Glacier in Antarctica. British Army officer Captain Preet Chandi – known as Polar Preet – is expected to spend some time recovering at Union Glacier, the Antarctica base camp, before leaving the continent.
Harpreet Chandi has so far travelled 868 miles across Antarctica in temperatures as cold as -50C
Preet Chandi, known as Polar Preet, travels 868 miles (1,397 km) across Antarctica alone.
The 33-year-old Army physiotherapist is battling temperatures as low as minus 50c.
British Army officer Captain Preet Chandi has made it to the last degree, which means she is just under 60 nautical miles from the South Pole. Capt Chandi, also known as Polar Preet, has completed day 51, (January 5th), of her 1,100-mile solo trek – a challenge that will see her become the first woman to cross the continent alone with nothing but a 120kg pulk (a sledge used to carry equipment across the snow).