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Australian woman circling Antarctica to break Fedor Konyukhov's record

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Australian yachtswoman Lisa Blair on the bright yellow Open 50 Climate Action Now left Western Australia with the aim of becoming the first woman to sail around Antarctica alone, non-stop and unassisted.

Lisa Blair, 32, left Albany, Western Australia, on January 22.

She hopes to circumnavigate Antarctica in less than a hundred days to beat Russian explorer Fedor Konyukhov's May 2008 record.

Konyukhov circumnavigated Antarctica in 102 days, 35 minutes and 50 seconds.

Lisa Blair is the second participant of the Antarctica Cup Ocean Race after Konyukhov. The route of the race is about 14 thousand miles. During the race participants pass three most famous capes of the planet - Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn and Cape Needle.

Lisa Blair has a Bachelor's Degree in Education and Fine Arts. Her passion for yachting began after she graduated in 2006. Since then, the Australian has logged a total of 50,000 miles. She participated in the Clipper Round the World Race in 2011-2012. After winning that round the world race, she sailed with Alex Thomson. In 2014, Blair was the only woman to take part in the ITL Solo Tasman Challenge, a race across the Tasman Sea.

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