Hannah set the world speed record for skiing solo and unsupported to the South Pole in December 2006, a record she held for four years. Hannah completed the 690 mile (1110 km) journey in 39 days, 9 hours and 33 minutes. She has completed six expeditions to the South Pole and over 6000 miles (9656 km) of Antarctic sled‐hauling. Hannah has also undertaken expeditions on the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, South America, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Namibia, Afghanistan and the Amazon, not to mention sailing around the world twice!

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Content Summary

4:28 Introducing Hannah McKeand

Polar expeditioner who held a world record for the fastest time, male or female, to journey by ski to the South Pole and how she fell in love with Antarctica.

“It's like when Dorothy steps into Oz and it all goes into glorious technicolor. That's kind of how I feel when I step foot in Antarctica, like suddenly the world goes into glorious technicolor and I get this heightened sense of being.”

12:40 Feeling too big for the world

Growing up as a tall woman, finding her home in an arctic desert

“When I started encountering these places, it was in a really, it was a really refreshing feeling because I feel so tiny in these places.”

17:50 Meditation in ignoring the fuss

Stay the course and carry on with purpose, despite the circumstances

"There's no need to fuss. I'm just gonna do my thing."

24:45 Micro adventures

The concept from Al Humphreys to take the first step

“It's okay to embrace what's possible while you're dreaming about what seems impossible.”

32:55 North Pole & Giving your all

Falling to sea ice and her survival

“There's a difficult thing that's gonna happen, like something's gonna hurt or something's gonna taste bad. You’ve gotta do it. You've gotta give all the effort the first go cause you'll never be able to give that much effort again.”

40:46 Change one thing, change your perspective

When you’re feeling stuck, give yourself a new perspective with one small change

“You can be sort of frozen and stagnating in a moment that you don't know what the solution is, and I always say if that sort of situation comes up, change something.”

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