Welsh adventurer Maria Leijerstam, 35, became the first person to cycle to the South Pole after pedaling 500 miles across Antartica on Thursday.

Her three-wheel customised recumbent bike PolarCycle and daring route gave her the edge over her two male competitors - American Daniel Burton and Spaniard Juan Menendez Granados.
She set off from the Novo Russian air force base on Dec, 16, and for 10 days survived on heating her freeze-dried food by melting snow on a small stove inside her wind blasted tent.
Source-ANI