Liv Arnesen

Liv Arnesen  (Liv Rangheim Arnesen) was born in Baerum, Norway on 1th June 1953. When she was young, her parents  fancied skiing and she loved it right away*. At 9 years she read a book of Roald Amundsen about an expedition to the South Pole and she thought  THAT she wanted to DO THAT in the future. And that’s it how it was.

Now she is an educator, skire, adventurous, guide and motivational speaker*. She led* the first expedition composed BY women who crossed the ice cap in Greenland in 1992. In 1994 she was converted in the fisrt woman to reach the South Pole skiing. It lasted 51 days and 1200 kilometres. In 1996 she tried to climb the Everest but she had to be removeD*. In 2001 she and the explorer Ann Bancroft became the first women of the history to cross the Antartic, in 94 days and 2747 kilometres. Also Liv wrote a book that is called ` The good girls don’t go to the South Pole´.     

Liv is a person who defends the environment and she is against* machismo in extreme sports. She is a very good person. I love Liv!!

VOCABULARY

  *right away: enseguida    *motivational speaker: conferenciante motivadora

*led: lideró    *remove: retirar   *against: en contra               


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