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Polar trek over for Briton



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A BRITISH adventurer has abandoned her attempt to become the first woman to trek solo and unsupported to the North Pole after falling through ice and injuring herself.
Hannah McKeand, 34, a former theatre manager from Newbury, Berkshire, had hoped to walk, ski and swim the 478 miles to the Pole in 60 days.

But on Thursday, only 13 days after setting out from Ward Hunt Island on Canada's northern coast, she had a "narrow escape" after falling into an 8ft ice hole.

Left in great pain and with limited mobility, she took an hour to get out, expedition manager Steve Jones said.

After resting and taking medical advice, Ms McKeand was airlifted from the ice yesterday and flown to a remote Canadian government station on Ellesmere Island.





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  • Last Updated: 23 March 2008 10:40 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Dave from Barra ©,

Western Isles 24/03/2008 07:23:58
Ach, bad luck! Lets hope that it doesn't put you off trying again!
2

Unimpressed one,

24/03/2008 09:00:51
" Global warming is definitely having a really major effect in the Polar regions and it may not be too long before expeditions such as this are no longer possible." - Hannah McKeand.

Maybe she thought she was going on a picnic.
3

Proximaking,

Dundee 24/03/2008 12:36:11
Unsupported my backside. Why not walk around in circles at the edge of the ice then when you have walked the distance to the pole have a chopper take you there and back in relative safety? It makes more sense than these daft expeditions. When people pitted their lives against the elements and when they failed they died that was one thing, and worthy of respect, but with rescue at the end of a phone call what's the point of it all now? "Sir " Ranulph Fines is another one, why "Sir"? Because he waits a couple of days to phone for help instead of doing it straight away when he gets into trouble? It makes a mockery of all those who went before without an "expedition manager" hovering about ready to step in when it looks like the attemptee might miss the Eastenders weekend round-up without a helping hand to get back for it on time.

 

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