[2] Each day, Hameister skied with her 50 kg (100 lb) sled for 8–10 hours navigating around open "leads" of water or climbing over "pressure ridges" in the ice.
Temperatures were as low as −40 °C (−40 °F) and Hameister faced other risks such as falling through thin ice into the freezing Arctic waters and polar bears.
[5] Hameister was hit early in the trip by a blizzard but due to the warm weather she was pelted with rain instead of snow, which forced her to shorten daily travel and dry out in her tent.
[7] Hameister claimed a handful of titles, including the youngest person in history and the first Australian woman to ski from the coast to the South Pole.
"[8] She delivered a TEDx Talk in August 2016 and in early 2017 presented to a combined live audience of over 12,000 students at ImagiNATION in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.