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MARIA LEIJERSTAM
Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author
"Maria showed real creativity in becoming the First Person in the World to Cycle to the South Pole" Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 2013
Record-breaking
Cycle to the South Pole
2013
Expedition Facts
The expedition was called the White Ice Cycle
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It began on the 17th December 2013
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Maria started her expedition on the Ross Ice Shelf at the edge of Antarctica at S85 27.066 W150 03.044
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Maria cycled up through the Trans-Antarctic Mountain range, on the Leverett Glacier. The maximum altitude she reached was 2941m.The South Pole lies at 2835m
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