British skier sets record for solo Antarctic trek

Antarctic solo trek
In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, three of the women participants of Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, a ski trek to the South Pole, from left, the team leader, United Kingdom's Felicity Aston, New Zealand's Kylie Wakelin and Cyprus' Stephanie Solomonides, rest at a base camp in Patriot Hills on Antarctica, after the 904-km (562-miles) expedition. Eight women from the Commonwealth countries of Cyprus, Ghana, India, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Jamaica and Britain, took part in the ski expedition across Antarctica, landing at the South Pole on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. One of the eight, Kim-Marie Spence, 30, from Jamaica, was forced to quit the adventure after suffering frostbite just three days into the 40-day journey. (AP Photo/Alexander Blotnitskiy)

British adventurer Felicity Aston completed her crossing of Antarctica on Jan. 23, becoming the first woman to ski across the icy continent alone.