Australian Geographic Explorers

THE POLAR HAT-TRICK

In 2016, Jade became the youngest person to pull off the Polar Hat-Trick – skiing to both the North and South Poles, and crossing Greenland, the second-largest polar icecap on the planet. The journey took four months in total and involved more than 1300km on ice. We asked her how she did it.

1 How did you first get into trekking?

My parents organised regular mini-adventures in nature with me and my younger brother Kane from a very young age, including hikes

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