Felicity Aston

"Don’t assume you will have time to follow your dreams tomorrow – make a start today." — Felicity Aston

Expedition Leader and Antarctic Scientist

Born: 1977-10-07

Hometown: Kent, U.K

Education: MSc. Meteorology; BSc. Physics and Astronomy

Achievements

Expeditions: Adventures in all the cold regions of the world including Greenland, Siberia, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic and Antarctica.

Biography

Felicity Aston led the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole. The team included women from Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Singapore, New Zealand and the UK in the 38-day, 900km journey at the end of 2009. Felicity was responsible for selecting and training this diverse, multicultural team of ‘ordinary’ women for one of the most arduous journeys on Earth.
Previously, Felicity has led several other notable expeditions including the first British women’s crossing of Greenland, a 700km winter crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberia and an adventurous expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury. She was also part of the first, ever, all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 360-mile endurance race across the Canadian Arctic.
Trained as a Physicist and Meteorologist, Felicity’s first polar experience was as a scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Based for three years on a remote research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, her job was to monitor climate and ozone. Since returning from Antarctica Felicity has talked to thousands of school children and young people around the world about the science that takes place in Antarctica and the importance of Antarctica’s preservation into the future.

Fun Facts

Favorite Item to have in the field: Camera, moisturizer, down jacket.

Heroes: My brother, Spencer