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BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Woman reaches Pole in deaf trek
A Belfast woman has reached the North Pole as part of the first team of deaf people to make the gruelling trek.
Wendy Kidd was part of the team of five hearing and deaf people who travelled on skis, across drifting sea ice and wilderness towing 40 kgs of equipment.
"We're really excited to have reached the North Pole, and to be with the first deaf people to do it.
"We had a hair-raising journey as there was a very strong westerly drift," said Wendy, a hearing member of the team.
"The wind was blowing as fast as we could walk so we were concerned that if we didn't make it that day, we wouldn't make it at all. We celebrated in our tents with hot drinks."
The team made a surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean between latitude 89N and the Geographic North Pole at 90N known as 'The Last Degree'.
Each participant raised £27,000 for the National Deaf Children's Society.
A Belfast woman has reached the North Pole as part of the first team of deaf people to make the gruelling trek.
Wendy Kidd was part of the team of five hearing and deaf people who travelled on skis, across drifting sea ice and wilderness towing 40 kgs of equipment.
"We're really excited to have reached the North Pole, and to be with the first deaf people to do it.
"We had a hair-raising journey as there was a very strong westerly drift," said Wendy, a hearing member of the team.
"The wind was blowing as fast as we could walk so we were concerned that if we didn't make it that day, we wouldn't make it at all. We celebrated in our tents with hot drinks."
The team made a surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean between latitude 89N and the Geographic North Pole at 90N known as 'The Last Degree'.
Each participant raised £27,000 for the National Deaf Children's Society.
