Felicity Aston is an Antarctic Scientist and Polar Explorer who has led the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole.

Felicity Aston led the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole. The team included women from Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK in the 38-day, 900km journey at the end of 2009. Felicity was responsible for selecting and training this diverse, multicultural team of ‘ordinary’ women for one of the most arduous journeys on Earth.

Previously, Felicity has led several other notable expeditions including the first British women’s crossing of Greenland, a 700km winter crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberia and an adventurous expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury. She was also part of the first, ever, all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 360-mile endurance race to the magnetic north pole.

Trained as a Physicist and Meteorologist, Felicity’s first polar experience was as a scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Based for three years on a remote research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, her job was to monitor climate and ozone but living on an isolated base with a crew of just 20 through two long, dark, Antarctic winters proved a greater challenge. Their resourcefulness as a team was twice tested when they were faced with an emergency medical evacuation from the South Pole, followed by a catastrophic station fire.

TV and Radio Shows appearences:
BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour
BBC Radio 4 Excess Baggage
NBC Today Show (US)
BBC Breakfast
Regular appearences on South East regional media