A Dutch woman who’s already driven her tractor across
Europe and Africa reached a milestone last night when she reached the South
Pole in her red Massey Ferguson MF 5610 tractor, reports online CBC.
Manon Ossevoort, 38, had made it her mission to drive the
tractor to "the ends of the Earth."
"I wanted to create this story of one seemingly
impossible dream and make it a reality to inspire people," Ossevoort
said.
The 2,500-kilometre, 17-day journey was achieved with the
help of a mother and daughter team from
Iqaluit, Matty McNair and Sarah McNair-Landry.
It’s not the first time a
tractor has made the trip. Sir Edmund Hilary led the first mechanized trip to
the pole using Ferguson TE20 tractors in 1958.
