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Adventurer Attempts to Cross Antarctica Solo

Felicity Aston is currently skiing 1700km across Antarctica in 70 days, and doing it all alone. 

“When that plane disappeared and left me on the wrong side of Antarctica all by myself with two little sledges, it really hit me that I’m completely responsible for myself,” she said in an interview by satellite phone. “It’s just you. You have to sort out your problems, and that makes you feel very vulnerable.”

“A couple of times, I could have sworn I saw birds. But I know there is no way there are any birds up here. It’s just the brain kind of filling in the gaps for me,” she said. “As soon as you look, there’s nothing there.”

“The 34-year-old used to work as a meteorologist in Antarctica and is a veteran adventurer who has led team expeditions in the Antarctic, the Arctic and Greenland. She said she decided to attempt her first solo crossing to test her personal limits and also because she was curious about being on her own.”

She says that posting on Twitter makes her feel a little less alone.

Follow Felicity. If that’s not a Twitter worth following, I don’t know what is.