Matty McNair explained
Matty L McNair (born in Pennsylvania, United States) is an American explorer. As of 2018 she was living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada on Baffin Island.[1] Among her many accomplishments[2] are:
- 1997 leading the first ever all-female expedition to the Geographic North Pole.[3] [4]
- 2003/04 she led two ski-all-the-way expeditions to the South Pole.
- 2003 crossed the Greenland Ice Cap with her children Sarah and Eric by ski-kites with dog sled support.
- 2004/2005 completed an unsupported ski expedition to the South Pole, again accompanied by her children Sarah and Eric, who became the youngest persons to ski to the South Pole.
- 2007 drove a dogsled with Richard Hammond in a race to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole as part of .[5] This journey was cut short before her party reached the pole because the other competitors (in trucks) reached the destination first.[6]
- She is the first American to ski to both the North and South poles.
References
- Web site: News . Nunatsiaq . Trap set in prohibited area kills Iqaluit family dog . 2024-08-06 . Nunatsiaq News . en.
- http://www.northwinds-arctic.com/matty.html Matty McNair bio from NorthWinds
- News: 2003-01-02 . Briton secures pole record . 2024-08-06 . en-GB.
- Web site: Magazine . Smithsonian . Daley . Jason . The Amazing Story of the First All-Women North Pole Expedition . 2024-08-06 . Smithsonian Magazine . en.
- Web site: 2007-10-19 . I guided Top Gear team to safety . 2024-08-06 . Times and Star . en.
- Web site: Production Notes - Polar Special . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013104137/http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/extras/production_notes/polar_special.shtml . 13 October 2011 . dead . 3 November 2008 .
Books
On Thin Ice: A Woman's Journey to the North Pole (1999),
External links
