LONDON: A Sikh Indian woman who was born in England has made history by becoming the first woman to complete the solo expedition to the South Pole.
Captain Harpreet Chandi (32), from the Derby, reached the South Pole on Monday, the 40th day he was not supported by 700 miles of traveling across the Antarctic wilderness in temperatures of up to -50 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of up to 60 mph.
Chandi, who named himself “Preet Polar” for the trip and was a physiotherapist in the British Army, told the audio blog after arriving: “I managed to get to the South Pole where the snow went down.
It feels so real to finally be here.
This expedition is always More than me.
I want to encourage people to push their boundaries and believe in themselves without being labeled rebels.
I have been told ‘No’ on many occasions and told to do normal things.
I don’t want to break the glass ceiling.
I want to destroy it to one million pieces.
“British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace congratulated him, said” the expedition of making history was inspiration for all of us and phenomenal achievements “.
Chandi joined the army reserve when he was 19 years old and joined the regular forces about six years ago never camped in his life.
He began a trip on November 24 from Hercules inlet after being reduced by Twin Otter aircraft.
He traveled with the island (Nordic little launch) which brought a frozen-dry cook and eating weight with 87 kg without supply.
Every day he skied up to 11 hours per day, wearing a material like carpet at the bottom of his ski to help him hold the snow, and every night installed the tent, snow melted to drink, and cook dishes like pork paste.
He sometimes falls on the ice terrain and on a fist day vomiting and undergo diarrhea.
A few days he has a “whitout”, and he doesn’t see anyone for days.
Bhangra music by people like diljit Dosanjh and Jay Sean, audio books and listen to 45 records that have been saved in their calls from friends, and daydream about his upcoming marriage to David, keep going.
He wore Rakhi who was tied to him by his two brothers for protection, reminders “to anyone who was okay to change the tradition”.
On his blog, he often reflects his life.
“Often it can be the closest to us who hold us back.
I am often called rebels for doing things from the norm, because it pushes my boundaries,” he said.
Listening to Bhangra “made me think of Punjabi’s roots and all the things I liked from them”, he said.
He explained how he was a shame about his indian roots – “having eggs thrown at me and people spit me when I was a teenager because I looked different,” he said.
“It takes a while to appreciate culture and its roots, so when I describe myself as ‘color woman’ because I was finally proud of my skin color, my root, my culture.
After being told about many opportunities.
That I don’t look like polar explorers …
let’s change the image you expect to be seen.
“One of his blogs was dedicated to his grandfather who moved to England when he was born and raised him.
“He always makes me feel as important as the community where I sometimes feel as if I’m lacking.
I always think he looks like Santa Claus India,” he said.
He also commented on how many people from the Indian community thought he would go to SouthAll.
“I can still imagine they think why I made a big problem to go to SouthAll.
I think it might be just a little cooler here,” he said.
His preparation included a wide range of training exercises, such as dragging tires, and before the year he headed to Greenland for the heating expedition.