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Preet Chandi

Harpreet Kaur Chandi MBE is a British physiotherapist and British Army medical officer who is the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition across Antarctica to the South Pole (ending January 2022). In January 2023, she broke the Guinness World Records title for the longest ever solo and unsupported one-way polar ski expedition, travelling 922 miles across Antarctica in 70 days. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours. She was born in Derby and visits family there regularly.
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