Preet Chandi

Polar Expedition World Record Breaker & British Army Medical Officer

Described as “A trailblazer, and the most determined, tenacious, and
motivated woman,” Preet Chandi is the ninth woman in history to ski solo to
the South Pole, and the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition
on the continent. Driven by an unending desire to push her mental and
physical boundaries, Preet is an Army officer, physiotherapist, Nordic skier,
ultramarathon runner, and endurance athlete with an iron will that has led
to her making history and breaking barriers in the world of adventuring.

Facing the ultimate test of endurance, Preet packed forty-eight days of food
and fuel to complete the solo, unsupported, seven-hundred-mile expedition
from the coastline of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole and completed
the journey in just forty days. Her aims for this expedition were to inspire as
many people as possible. She did not grow up learning of polar explorers or
know much about Antarctica when she decided to embark on this adventure.
Preet wanted to show that everybody starts somewhere.

She is a captivating speaker who encourages audiences to push past their
boundaries, believe in themselves, and to set out to achieve their goals
without being labelled a rebel. She emphasises that, no matter where you’re
from or what your starting point in life is, you are capable of smashing the
glass ceiling into a million pieces and creating your own definition of
“normal” on the journey to success.
Preet has always been fascinated with how much the human body can
endure. Her first ultra-marathon, which was fifty miles in the Peak District,
left her feeling sick, but she had already caught the bug. The scale of her
adventures started to grow and her definition of what is normal began to
change.

She completed Marathon des Sables one hundred- and fifty-six-mile
ultramarathon in the desert and began to create her own challenges, such as
a twenty-four-hour step-up challenge during lockdown to raise money for
NHS Charities. She also organised a thirty-hour endurance event whilst on
whilst on operational tour in South Sudan.
Preet’s full time role is as a physiotherapist in the British Army where she
has completed large scale exercise and deployments in Nepal, Kenya and
South Sudan.