Vera Simonsson:
No Swede has previously crossed Baffin Island in northeastern Canada. Vera Simonsson and her expedition; sister Emma Simonsson and Norwegian hands Ingebjoerg Tollefsen and KristinFolsland Olsen, managed with unquestionable determination complete the 1200 km long trip with 120 lb sledges, temperatures down to minus 40 degrees and intimate encounters with polar bears. The adventure really shows that you do not have to be a weather-beaten, bearded man in the anorak, to perform the most impressive challenges. It is with great pride we appoint the expedition leader Vera Simonsson the Year Female Adventurer 2009.
No Swede has previously crossed Baffin Island in northeastern Canada. Vera Simonsson and her expedition; sister Emma Simonsson and Norwegian hands Ingebjoerg Tollefsen and KristinFolsland Olsen, managed with unquestionable determination complete the 1200 km long trip with 120 lb sledges, temperatures down to minus 40 degrees and intimate encounters with polar bears. The adventure really shows that you do not have to be a weather-beaten, bearded man in the anorak, to perform the most impressive challenges. It is with great pride we appoint the expedition leader Vera Simonsson the Year Female Adventurer 2009.