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Hannah McKeand : ウィキペディア英語版 | Hannah McKeand
Hannah McKeand is a British polar explorer. In 2006 she set the record for the fastest journey (man or woman) to the South Pole a journey she completed solo and in just 39 days, 9 hours and 33 minutes. The record was broken in 2008 by Todd Carmichael of Spokane, Washington, United States. She has also skied to the South Pole more times than anyone in history. In March 2008 she attempted to reach the North Pole alone and unsupported but had to abandon the trip after falling through the ice and badly damaging her shoulder and back. McKeand is a public speaker and polar consultant. ==Early life== McKeand was born in Bristol. Her mother Julian Burbury was an actress and her father Ian McKeand was a theatre director and now teaches at Newark College. Until she was 6 the family lived in St Andrews, Scotland where her father ran the Byre Theatre. Next the family moved to the north coast of Somerset where she spent the rest of her childhood. She attended St Audries School, and the Richard Huish College and took two years out before university to work with FEI carriage horses. She attended the University of Wales Lampeter and achieved a degree in Classics.
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