Johanna Davidsson (born 11 December 1983) is a Swedish nurse and adventurer. She is the
Guinness World Record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
holder for skiing solo, unsupported from the coast of
Antarctica to the
South Pole.
She is a nurse at
Tromsø Legevakt medical center and an accomplished adventurer.
She started her world record journey on 15 November 2016 and skied for seven hours a day for 38 days, ending on 24 December 2016. The journey took her 38 days, 23 hours and five minutes to get to the South Pole and the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. She beat the previous record by nine hours.
In 2016 she received the Swedish Award for Female Adventurer of the Year and in 2017 she received The Shackleton Award for her trip to the South Pole.
References
Swedish female cross-country skiers
1983 births
Living people
21st-century Swedish women
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