Matty McNair
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Matty L McNair (born in Pennsylvania, United States) is an American explorer. As of 2018 she was living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada on Baffin Island.[1] Among her many[quantify] accomplishments[according to whom?][2] are:
- 1997 leading the first ever all-female expedition to the Geographic North Pole.[3][4]
- 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 in a race to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole as part of Top Gear: Polar Special.[5][6] This journey was cut short before her party reached the pole because the other competitors (in trucks) reached the destination first.[7]
- She is the first American to ski to both the North and South poles.
References
- ↑ News, Nunatsiaq. "Trap set in prohibited area kills Iqaluit family dog". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Matty McNair bio from NorthWinds[dead link] Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Briton secures pole record". 2003-01-02. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ↑ Magazine, Smithsonian; Daley, Jason. "The Amazing Story of the First All-Women North Pole Expedition". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ↑ "I guided Top Gear team to safety". Times and Star. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ↑ Simpkiss, Nigel (2007-07-25), Polar Special, Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, retrieved 2024-08-06
- ↑ "Production Notes - Polar Special". Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
Books
On Thin Ice: A Woman's Journey to the North Pole (1999), ISBN 978-0-9685343-0-4