Solo Trek To North Pole Aborted
Rosie Stancer, a British adventurer who was trying to become the first woman in history to complete solo treks to both poles, was forced to stop short of the North Pole.
She was picked up by pilots on a resupply plane 84 days and 525 kilometres into her journey via the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island. She had begun her trek on March 6 from Ward Hunt.
Rosie was only 143 kilometres away from the North Pole when pilots picked her up. A news release posted Tuesday on Stancer’s expedition website said pilots who had flown into the Eureka weather station with supplies decided it would be too dangerous to pick Stancer up any later if she continued, since weather and ice conditions were deteriorating between her position and the North Pole. Not willing to compromise the safety of the pilots, Rosie agreed to be picked up.
The 47-year-old Stancer had walked to the South Pole by herself in 2004, and had hoped to arrive at the North Pole after walking, climbing, skiing and swimming across the Arctic Ocean by May 6.
The release said despite stopping short of the North Pole, Stancer has reached further north than any other woman solo.
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