Kim Marie Spence Makes the Final Cut for Commonwealth Women’s Antarctic Expedition

Thirty-year old Kim Marie Spence, has been selected to represent Jamaica in the team of eight women from countries across the Commonwealth, who will participate in the Women’s Antarctic Expedition.
Representing five continents, six faiths and seven languages, the team of diverse women, some of whom have never seen snow before, will come together to tackle the immense mental and physical challenges of Antarctica.
The voyage, which is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth, will entail the women skiing more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) across the icy wastes of Antarctica to reach the South Pole on New Year’s Day 2010.
During the 30 to 40-day journey, the women will sleep in tents on the ice in temperatures below 30