A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to ski alone and without assistance to the South Pole, only to find it "a little ugly" due to mankind's presence, she said Tuesday. Karen Kylleso completed the feat late Monda
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A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to ski alone and without assistance to the South Pole, only to find it “a little ugly” due to mankind’s presence, she said Tuesday.
Karen Kylleso completed the feat late Monday, 114 years after fellow Norwegian and polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.
Born on May 9, 2003, she covered the 1,130 kilometres (702 miles) in 54 days.
“It’s both fantastic and a bit strange,” she told Norwegian television channel TV2.
“I of course feel a sense of accomplishment and happiness, but I have to admit it’s also a bit bizarre to leave this bubble that I’ve been in for the past two months,” she said.
The young Scandinavian dethroned Pierre Hedan of France, who, according to Guinness World Records, held the record for being the youngest person to reach the South Pole, solo and unassisted, at the age of 26.
He set the record on January 7, 2024.
