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Felicity Aston takes a picture of herself at Union Glacier on Nov. 19 before she traveled to her starting point on the Ross Ice Shelf for a solo ski trek across Antarctica. She completed her crossing on Monday. (Associated Press)

Briton becomes first woman to ski across Antarctica alone

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Felicity Aston made final preparations for her trek while in Chile earlier this month. "This is my first solo expedition, the first time I will have spent this length of time without company. It's part of the challenge of the expedition, to see how I'll cope with it," she said. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

British woman plans 70-day, 1,000-mile trek across Antartica

By Michael Warren - Associated Press

Woman to begin Antarctic crossing, awaits weather

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press