Johanna Davidsson Explained

Johanna Davidsson (born 11 December 1983) is a Swedish nurse and adventurer.[1] She is the Guinness World Record holder for skiing solo, unsupported from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole.[2]

She is a nurse at Tromsø Legevakt medical center and an accomplished adventurer.

She started her world record journey on 15 November 2016 and skied for seven hours a day for 38 days, ending on 24 December 2016.[3] The journey took her 38 days, 23 hours and five minutes to get to the South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.[4] She beat the previous record by nine hours.

In 2016 she received the Swedish Award for Female Adventurer of the Year[5] and in 2017 she received The Shackleton Award for her trip to the South Pole.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedish Nurse Becomes Fastest Woman Ever To Ski Solo To The South Pole. Shapiro. Rebecca. 2017-01-06. HuffPost. en. 2019-07-17.
  2. Web site: Johanna Davidsson: The accidental Antarctic record-breaker. Page. Video by Temujin Doran; story by Thomas. 2019-07-17. CNN Travel. en. 2019-07-17.
  3. Web site: Fastest solo, unsupported and unassisted journey to the South Pole (female). Guinness World Records. en-GB. 2019-07-17.
  4. Web site: Swedish Woman Smashes Record for Skiing Solo to the South Pole. Daley. Jason. Smithsonian. en. 2019-07-17.
  5. Web site: Vinnare av Årets Äventyrare. Årets Äventyrare. en. 2019-07-17.
  6. Web site: The Shackleton Award 2017 was awarded Johanna Davidsson. Explorersweb. 15 February 2017. 2019-07-17.

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