Expedition to the South Pole

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:14:22 +0000

Spotted one of my (ex) team-mates in the news recently, it’s about 2 Singapore women having been shortlisted from 80 applicants for an expedition to the South Pole. One of the 2, Lina Goh, was my senior when I first joined the national team, and we went for the sea games in the same team. I vividly remembered her as one tough woman, who can combine the BEST of the 3 worlds as a dragonboater – fast runner (one of the fittest in the team whether it’s long or short distance), and a girl who can carry tons of weights no matter what kinds of weights you give her, and one of our top, strongest left rower.

NEWS: Two Singapore women have been shortlisted from 80 applicants for an expedition to the South Pole. They are Lina Goh, a senior engineer, and Sophia Pang, a freelance fitness instructor and IT consultant. Both are aged 36. But eventually, only one will represent Singapore in the Commonwealth Women’s Antarctic Expedition. A total of eight women from Commonwealth countries like New Zealand, India and the United Kingdom aim to reach the South Pole on New Year’s Day 2010. For the Singaporean, she will be the first Singaporean woman to ski to the South Pole… click here to continue reading

Here are some cool videos about the journey south:

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