Back at the end of 2009 we supported the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition with clothing and equipment for their expedition training.
The KLCA expedition led by Felicity Aston was a multi-national 8-woman team from Ghana, Jamaica, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus and the UK who skied more than 900km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. Most of the women were either the first person or the first woman from their country to ski to the South Pole and yet they were not experienced explorers (some had never seen snow before joining the expedition) but ‘ordinary’ women who wanted to inspire others to follow their dreams or make a change for the better in their lives.
Felicity has written a book about her experiences putting together and training the team as well as their remarkable 40-day journey together in Antarctica. ‘Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole’ is published by Summersdale and will be available in bookshops (including Waterstone’s and WHSmith) on Monday 7th March but is already available for pre-order online.
To celebrate the release of the book Felicity will be giving a number of talks about the expedition at free events across the country. Dates include:
Tunbridge Wells – 15th March
Bristol – 23rd March
London – 20th April
London – 12th May
Harrogate – 18th May
Manchester – 19th May
Canterbury – 26th May
Full details are available on www.felicityaston.com
