Second generation of women breaking northern expedition records
She's a record-breaking expeditioner. Kite-skier. Entrepreneur. And she runs tours from Baffin Island
Sarah McNair-Landry comes from a long line of expeditioners. Her mom, Matty McNair, holds the record for fastest trip to the North Pole. At 18, Sarah became the youngest person to ski the South Pole. In 2006, Sarah became the youngest person to reach both poles when she dogsledded to the North Pole. And in another record-breaking expedition, in 2011 she and her brother Eric captured the world record for longest distance kite-skied in 24 hours (3,300 kilometres through the Northwest Passage, following the route Roald Amundsen took in 1903-1906).
So, of course, her favourite thing to do with her boyfriend and her 10 Canadian Inuit dogs, when she's not running her Baffin Island-based adventure tourism company, is to head out on 120-day long treks across the Canadian North.
"I'm always excited to just go on expeditions, they're very sexy," she says. "But you have to be okay throwing every cent you have into these projects. It's definitely a labour of love."
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