British woman doctor becomes first and youngest to walk to North Pole
London:A British woman doctor has become the first and the youngest to walk 500 miles to the North Pole. Twenty-seven-year-old Amelia Russell and her boyfriend Dan Darley, 34, walked 500 miles in 58 days from Resolute Bay in Canada in aid of the charity Help for Heroes, The Telegraph reports.
Russell completed the trip despite dislocating her shoulder twice during the expedition
and resetting it herself. The couple dragged two sleds carrying food fuel and
equipment weighing around 300kg and without the aid of dogs or kites in temperatures
of around -40 degrees. Speaking after arriving at the North Pole on Sunday she
said they had to endure temperatures as low as -50C. "It's been an extremely difficult
and challenging expedition but there's a huge sense of satisfaction in having
got through it. It's a had a huge physical and mental impact on both of us."
