Johanna Davidsson
Swedish nurse and adventurer
About Johanna Davidsson
Born 1983. Johanna Davidsson is a Swedish skier and adventurer.
Johanna Davidsson (born 11 December 1983) is a Swedish nurse and adventurer. She is the Guinness World Record holder for skiing solo, unsupported from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole.
She is a nurse at Tromsø Legevakt medical center and an accomplished adventurer.
She started her world record journey on 15 November 2016 and skied for seven hours a day for 38 days, ending on 24 December 2016. The journey took her 38 days, 23 hours and five minutes to get to the South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. She beat the previous record by nine hours. and in 2017 she received The Shackleton Award for her trip to the South Pole.
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Swedish nurse and adventurer
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Johanna Davidsson was born on 11 December 1983.
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Johanna Davidsson is a skier and adventurer.
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Johanna Davidsson is Swedish.
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