Jade Hameister
Jade Hameister OAM | |
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Born | 5 June 2001 |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Youngest person to ski to the North Pole, anywhere outside the last degree. Youngest woman to cross Greenland icecap. |
Website | http://www.jadehameister.com/ |
Jade Hameister
Her "Polar Quest" expeditions were captured as part of a National Geographic feature-length documentary released in 2018 that documented both her Greenland and South Pole expeditions.
North Pole
In April 2016, Hameister travelled 150 km from 88 degrees 40 over the drifting polar sea ice to arrive at the North Pole to become the youngest person (male or female) in history to ski to the North Pole from anywhere outside 89 degrees.[2]
Each day, Hameister skied with her 50 kg sled for 8–10 hours navigating around open "leads" of water or climbing over "pressure ridges" in the ice. Temperatures were as low as −40C and Hameister faced other risks such as falling through thin ice into the freezing Arctic waters and polar bears.[3]
Hameister was awarded the
Greenland icecaps
On the second expedition, Hameister completed the 550 km traverse on the Greenland icecaps departing from Kangerlussuaq on the West Coast and finishing at Isortoq Hut on the East Coast on 4 June 2017. She covered approximately 25 km a day and completed the expedition in 27 days, making her the youngest woman in history to cross the Greenland icecaps.[5]
Hameister was hit early in the trip by a blizzard but due to the warm weather she was pelted with rain instead of snow, which forced her to shorten daily travel and dry out in her tent.[6]
South Pole
Hameister embarked on the final leg of her Polar quest at the end of November 2017. Hameister covered over 600 km from the Ross Ice Shelf at the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. She completed the trek in 37 days and reached the South Pole on 10 January 2018.[7] Hameister claimed a handful of titles, including the youngest person in history and the first Australian woman to ski from the coast to the South Pole.
After Hameister's 2016
Advocacy
She delivered a TEDx Talk in August 2016 and in early 2017 presented to a combined live audience of over 12,000 students at ImagiNATION in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.[9] Jade also attended the National Geographic Explorers Symposium in Washington DC in 2016 and 2017.
Works
Hameister documented her polar hat-trick of expeditions in her book, My Polar Dream, published by
Recognition
In March 2018, Hameister was named one of Vogue Australia's 2018 Game Changers.[11] In September 2018 she became one of The Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the Young Leader category.[12]
Hameister was awarded
References
- ^ "Jade Hameister". Jade Hameister. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Youngest teen to trek to the North Pole returns home to Melbourne". 9news.com.au. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Teenager Jade Hameister skis into the history books". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ Groves, Don. "National Geographic Documentary Tracks Teenager's Ground-Breaking Trek To North Pole". Forbes. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "The Morning Show: Aussie 16-year-old arctic explorer is making history – %%sitename%". Jade Hameister. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Skiing into history". 8 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "World Record Breaking Teen Skier Completes Polar Hat Trick in Antarctica". National Geographic Society. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018.
- ^ Gomez, Isabella; Williams, David (26 January 2018). "When internet trolls told this record-breaking teen explorer to 'make a sandwich,' she did just that". CNN.
- ^ "My journey to the North Pole and beyond | Jade Hameister | TEDxMelbourne". youtube.com. 16 August 2016.
- ^ "My Polar Dream - Pan Macmillan AU". Pan Macmillan Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Jade Hameister Vogue Game Changers 2018 - Vogue Australia". www.vogue.com.au. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Patten, Sally (17 October 2018). "Women of Influence 2018 winner fights for recognition of Indigenous Australians". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Jade Elisabeth Hameister". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2019.