‘I am Asian, not what people expect’: Derby woman to trek solo to south pole

Preet Chandi - or Polar Preet - hopes to inspire others by becoming the first woman of colour to voyage unsupported across Antarctica

When she returned from a trek across Greenland last year, Preet Chandi had a mild case of frostbite on her nose. I remember somebody saying to me they've never seen an injury like that on somebody of my colour skin before," she said. I am an Asian woman, I'm not the image that people expect to see out there."

Later this month Chandi, a 32-year-old army physiotherapist, hopes to become the first woman of colour to complete a solo unsupported trek across Antarctica to the south pole.