Today, eight women have set out from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies. The women, part of the Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition, will be skiing for 6 to 10 hours a day and expect to travel 800k. Each is towing a sledge with food and gear weighing some 175 pounds (80 kilograms).
...They hope to reach the South Pole by January 1st — the date the Commonwealth came into existence in 1950. The expedition comprises women from eight Commonwealth countries: Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore and Britain.
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