The crossing is historic, since it is the first one that has been unsupported, that is on skis using their own power to pull all supplies on sleds. Earlier crossings have been completed using kites or sails, or by receiving other forms of assistance.

Ålesund native Cecilie Skog is also the only woman in the world who has reached both the North and South Pole, climbed Mount Everest and the so-called "Seven Summits".

Many of these trips she has completed with her late husband, Rolf Bae, who tragically perished when the two climbed K2 in August 2008.

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Rolleiv Solholm