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First Indian
woman sets out for South Pole London:
Reena Kaushal Dharmashakthu of Delhi will be the first Indian woman to travel
to the South Pole along with an all-women team, representing five continents.
Dharmashakthu (38) is the only South Asian in the team comprising of eight women
who planning to reach the South Pole in time to mark the 60th anniversary of the
Commonwealth. "It is a distant dream come true. My participation will be a huge
step forward towards empowering women in South Asia, where women are far away
from being treated as equals," said Dharmashakthu. The group plans to travel 800km
over six weeks, braving sub -30C (-22F) temperatures to reach the heart of Antarctica,
in an attempt to raise global awareness on global warming. Team leader Felicity
Aston (31) is a meteorologist from Kent, UK, and has travelled all over the world
to select seven other members of the expedition, the BBC reports. Aston chose
women from India, Cyprus, Ghana, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand and Jamaica to
make up the team representing the 53-member Commonwealth. The team, after completing
two weeks' training in Norway, were reunited in London last week, where they were
introduced to Queen Elizabeth II as the Commonwealth marked 60 years. Aston selected
her seven-team members from more than 800 applicants. She said that raising awareness
of climate change was one of the factors that featured strongly in the recruitment
process. The eight women, who speak seven languages, are expected to be take up
the role of championing efforts to curb global warming once they have completed
their expedition in January 2010. "People should be aware that this Earth does
not belong to them...they have borrowed it from next generations," said Dharmashakthu.
The other members of the team are: Barbara Erefua Yanney from Ghana, Najiba Al-Sufri
from Brunei, Charmaine Tate from New Zealand, Kim-Marie Spence from Jamaica, and
Sophia Pang from Singapore.
-Mar 27, 2009
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