25-year-old Hungarian girl crosses the North Pole on a dog sledge

Kitty Zaja had the honour to represent Middle- and Eastern-Europe at one of the most prestigious dog sledge tours on the Noth Pole. She accomplished the 300 kilometres long expedition with 19 peers of her, as marieclaire.hu reports.

About the event

Fjällräven Polar is organised annually since 2013 and its aim to prove that

anyone can accomplish such an extreme tour with quality equipment and proper training.

Fjällräven is a Swedish company that makes hiking equipment. Additionally, it also organises the event. Fjällräven provides the necessary equipment, training, meals, and even the trip to the North Pole for all participants.

Training and the expedition

As in every year, members had to take part in a two days long training in Stockholm before beginning their journey from Signaldalen Valley to the Swedish Väkkäräjärvi. The training was not only for having fun and meeting each other, because experts taught the participants useful skills. For example, they got to know how to direct a sledge and how to use the equipment properly. After that, they could experience extreme weather conditions in wild nature far from civilisation for five days. They spent the -20 Celsius degree cold evenings in expedition tents and had to cook for themselves. Furthermore, they were responsible for warming up the snow to have enough water for the day. Participants travelled an average 60 kilometres per day in the breathtaking landscape of the North Pole. A key feature for accomplishing the expedition was having an unbelievably strong bond with the dogs.