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Site Admin | 1 year 22 weeks ago
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16 year old girl youngest person to ski to the South Pole.

Site Admin | 1 year 23 weeks ago
Amelia of the Antarctic Amelia Hempleman-Adams has become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole at the age of sixteen. On Friday (December 9) at 1.30 am Amelia reached the South Pole with her father, the adventurer, David Hempleman-Adams, after skiing 97 miles. On the final day they skied 14 miles and felt ‘elated and tired’ on reaching the South Pole. The intrepid duo and a small team started their expedition from The Farthest Point South where Ernest Shackleton had to turn back on January 9, 1909.
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Teenage Amelia in hairy landing 98 miles from the South Pole
Site Admin | 1 year 24 weeks ago
Amelia Hempleman-Adams, today had a ‘hairy landing’ 98 miles from the South Pole.
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Teenage Girl Learns Survival Techniques in Swindon Freezer for South Pole Trip

Admin | 1 year 26 weeks ago
Press Release 11th Nov Amelia Hempleman-Adams today learned survival techniques in a deep freeze depot in preparation for her South Pole bid (Friday November 11). Amelia, 16, was shown how to survive in sub zero temperatures by her adventurer father, David, who has been on more than 30 expeditions and was the first Briton to reach the South Pole solo and unsupported.
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Alexandra Shackleton gives historic memento to teenage adventurer walking in her grandfather’s footsteps
Admin | 1 year 28 weeks ago
Press Release 3rd Nov 2011 Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of Ernest Shackleton, today gave Amelia Hempleman-Adams a Shackleton coin and photograph of her grandfather to take to the South Pole. Amelia, 16, is attempting to be the youngest person to reach the South Pole by skiing the final 97 miles with her father, the adventurer David Hempleman-Adams. Later this month they start their expedition from The Farthest South Point which Ernest Shackleton reached on January 9, 1909, before he was forced to turn back.
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