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(Correne Coetzer) Following the busy South Pole season, the full North Pole ski route will also be exceptionally busy this year, and again gender biased. But being the only woman among 15 men doesn’t bother Clare O’Leary at all, says this Irish Everest summiteer and South Pole skier to ExplorersWeb from Resolute Bay. She and Mike O’Shea team up this year. Clare’s previous two attempts were thwarted by a team mate’s frostbite and bad weather. She tells ExplorersWeb about being back for another attempt, how she...