This Indian cop has been on a record 211 mountaineering expeditions globally — and she is now setting off for the North Pole

Deputy Inspector General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Aparna Kumar, was the first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to conquer the South Pole in January 2019.

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She successfully reached the South Pole after walking for 111 miles on snow for with 35 kilogram equipment on her back. She also unfurled the Indian flag at the summit.

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She will start her journey to the North pole on 4 April with 178.6 kilometer trek from Oslo in Norway, said an official release. She is also planning to do a third attempt to scale Mount Denali, North America, in July.

She has already scaled 6 peaks across 6 continents in the world, including Mount Everest and Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America.

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She was the first woman IPS officer to scale the Mount Everest in May 2016 but that wasn’t her first time. Kumar, who is a graduate from National Law College in Bengaluru attempted an expedition to Mount Everest in April 2015 when an earthquake hit Nepal.