Matty McNair
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Matty L McNair (b. ) was born in Pennsylvania, USA but now lives in the Canadian Arctic in Iqaluit, on south Baffin Island, where she runs her company NorthWinds[1]. Among her many accomplishments[2] are:
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- 1997 leading the first ever all-female expedition to the Geographic North Pole.
- 2000 she led an expedition across Ellesmere Island through the Sverdrup Pass.
- 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 to the Magnetic north pole as part of Top Gear: Polar Special
- She is the first Canadian to ski to both the North and South Poles.
[edit] Books
On thin ice: A woman's journey to the North Pole (1999), ISBN 978-0968534304
[edit] External links
- NorthWinds
- National Geographic Adventurers of the Year 2005
- Best of ExplorersWeb 2005 Awards: Matty McNair - Arctic and Antarctica
- All American Speakers bio
- Barclays Capital Ultimate North Expedition bio
