016: From desk dweller to Polar Explorer, with Sophie Montagne
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Sophie Montagne describes herself as ‘athletically very average’. After taking a year out to travel, and craving more adventure, she joined the Army Reserve Regiment in London, where she heard about the ‘Ice Maiden’ voyage. The first all female team attempt to ski across the Antarctic continent, coast-to-coast and using muscle power alone. This is her incredible story of how anyone, even ‘normal’ people can achieve their dreams.
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