UK woman completes solo expedition to Antarctica 英國女性獨自徒步1126公裡到達南極

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Harpreet Kaur Chandi, Polar explorer
I just made it to the South Pole!

哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪極地探險傢
“我剛到達瞭南極！”

Meet Harpreet Kaur Chandi. Also known as Polar Preet. The 33-year-old has been making headlines all over the world after becoming the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition across Antarctica.

來認識一下哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪，人們也叫她 “極地普麗特”。33歲的她成為瞭首位獨自完成南極探險的有色人種女性，登上瞭世界各大媒體的頭條。

Harpreet Kaur Chandi
[I’m] feeling pretty incredible, right now.

哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪極地探險傢
“我現在感覺棒極瞭。”

Captain Preet, who is a trained physiotherapist working for the British Army, has successfully trekked 1,126 kilometres in 40 days, 7 hours and 3 minutes – thus making her the third-fastest woman to trek across Antarctica.

普麗特上尉是一位受過訓練的理療師，為英國陸軍工作，她在40天7小時3分鐘內，成功徒步走瞭1126公裡，這讓她成為瞭徒步到達南極速度第三快的女性。

Harpreet Kaur Chandi
The reason Antarctica was because I didn’t know much about it, you know, and I thought, if I could do something that pushes me so far out of my comfort zone, hopefully it’ll inspire other people to do the same.

哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪極地探險傢
“之所以選擇南極，是因為我對其知之甚少，我覺得，如果我能做一件讓我遠離舒適區的事情，希望也能激勵其他人這麼做。”

Today was tough. Another whiteout. [I’m] feeling pretty tired.

今天很不容易。又出現瞭乳白天空的現象。我累壞瞭。

As a part of her gruelling expedition, Preet endured temperatures as low as minus 50 degree Celsius, and wind speeds of up to 96 kilometres per hour, and walked around 27 kilometres a day, pulling a 90-kilogram sled containing her kit.

作為她艱難探險的一部分，普麗特承受瞭低至零下50攝氏度的溫度和高達每小時96公裡的風速，每天步行約27公裡，還拖著重達90公斤的雪橇，上面載著她的裝備。

Harpreet Kaur Chandi
It was generally windy, there were only, like, two days that I can remember when there was, like, minimal wind. I had to melt snow to make my water. In the evening I was having freeze-dried meals, which to be honest were really tasty. And, I did miss fresh food obviously by the end. And during the day I was having like a mixture of things like nuts and chocolate, and cheese and salamis. You know, I’m burning a lot of calories, and I was eating about 5,000 calories a day. Even then, you know, I lost 10 kilos by the end of the expedition. There were times where it was so hard, and I just thought ‘this is the toughest thing I’ve ever done, like, how am I going to keep going?’ And I would just break it down and I’d take one step at a time, but I never thought, ‘I’m going to give up’.

哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪極地探險傢
“總是在刮風，我記憶中隻有兩天沒怎麼刮風。我必須通過融雪才能得到水。晚上我吃凍幹的飯菜，說實話味道還真不錯。不過到最後，我確實很想念新鮮食物。白天，我吃的東西種類繁多，比如堅果、巧克力、奶酪和薩拉米香腸。你知道的，我在消耗很多卡路裡，我一天要吃5000卡路裡左右的東西。但盡管如此，我完成探險時還是瘦瞭10公斤。有些時候，路上特別辛苦，我就想：這是我做過的最艱難的事情瞭，我該怎樣繼續下去？我會一點點、一步步來，但我從沒想過 ‘我要放棄’。”

Preet spent two years planning and training for this adventure, which included her dragging tyres around for up to five hours a day, as well as a 27-day trip to Greenland to help her become accustomed to the extreme weather conditions.

普麗特花瞭兩年時間為這次冒險作準備和訓練，包括每天拖拽輪胎長達五個小時，還完成瞭一次為期27天的格陵蘭島之旅，以幫助她適應極端的天氣條件。

Preet also faced a lot of reservations from relatives and her community, as not many South Asians take part in outdoor activities or go on expeditions.

當時，普麗特還面臨來自親戚和社區的疑慮，因為參加戶外活動或探險的南亞人為數不多。

Despite all the hardships and challenges, Preet says that there’s no stopping, and has started training for her next adventure.

盡管經歷瞭重重困難和考驗，普麗特說自己並不會停下腳步，而且已經展開瞭下一次冒險的訓練。

Harpreet Kaur Chandi
I actually intend to do a crossing of Antarctica, which if you look at the map it’s just going at a right angle basically.

哈普麗特·考爾·錢迪極地探險傢
“我其實打算穿越南極洲，如果看地圖就知道，這條路線基本上是一個直角。”