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

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Record-breaking

Cycle to the South Pole

2013

Expedition Facts

The expedition was called the White Ice Cycle

It began on the 17th December 2013

Maria started her expedition on the Ross Ice Shelf at the edge of Antarctica at S85 27.066 W150 03.044

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