Yesterday morning, Aussie solo sailor Lisa Blair, 37, made history.
As her yacht sailed in to Albany, WA to jubilant cheers and the sounds of ship horns, she became the fastest person to circumnavigate Antarctica - solo, non-stop and unassisted.
Lisa did it in 92 days - 10 days faster than the previous record held by Russian man, Fedor Konyukov in 2008.
It was a record she was determined to beat.
"I've done it, and I've shaved ten days off the record!," she told the ABC who were portside at her arrival.
"This is a pretty big deal for me."
In 2017, Lisa became the first woman in the world to sail solo and unassisted around Antarctica. She had her sights set on becoming the fastest person.
While in 2018, Lisa achieved the fastest solo circumnavigation of Australia - and was the first woman in history to do so - three months ago, she embarked on Antarctica 2.0.
'Mother nature in its rawest form'
After finishing her university studies, at 22, Lisa found a job in the Whitsundays as a cook and cleaner on a charted boat. From there, her love affair with the sea began and progressed, and now: “the ocean is my home as much as the land is”.
“You have this sensitivity because your entire world is narrowed down to the environment around you.”
Throughout this journey, that environment has included as "incredible array" of bird life.
On her last Antarctic mission, she was followed by a territorial pod of Killer Whales for two weeks; this time, she has had some friendly dolphins accompany at different points.
Immersed in nature.
“For me, one of the best things about being out here on this journey is to actually be in the centre of one of it; in this tiny boat throughout those storms that are the size of a hurricane, going through huge waves, and having this incredible experience where you get to witness mother nature in its most impressive, rawest form - and survive it.”
To track Lisa's progress and support the Climate Action Now campaign, visit https://lisablairsailstheworld.com/ and follow Lisa on Instagram, @lisablairsailstheworld.
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Feature Image: Supplied/Corinna Ridgeway.
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