by Namrata Srivastava | Jan 18, 2024
“I was quite overwhelmed when I saw the sastrugi (wind-driven snow shapes that resemble sand dunes) for the first time. I’d never seen anything like it, their wing-shaped ridges are very mesmerising to look at,” adventurer Polar Preet shared with me,...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 29, 2022
(December 29, 2022) ‘I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world’, these words from Mary Anne Radmacher resonate with the Global Indian explorers who took on journeys that changed the course of their lives. As the curtain...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jun 27, 2022
Setting out at the break of dawn (so to speak, there’s no real nightfall during the Antarctic summer), enduring temperatures as low as -50°C, tackling the formidable sastrugi and battling winds up to 60 mph, Preet Chandi, or Polar Preet, as she calls herself,...
