Matty McNair

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Matty L McNair (born in Pennsylvania, United States) is an American explorer. As of 2018 she was living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada on Baffin Island.{{Cite web |last=News |first=Nunatsiaq |title=Trap set in prohibited area kills Iqaluit family dog |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674trap_set_in_prohibited_area_kills_dog/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Nunatsiaq News |language=en}} Among her many{{quantify|date=December 2023}} accomplishments{{according to whom|date=December 2023}}[http://www.northwinds-arctic.com/matty.html Matty McNair bio from NorthWinds] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115103649/http://www.northwinds-arctic.com/matty.html |date=2008-01-15 }} are:

:* 1997 leading the first ever all-female expedition to the Geographic North Pole.{{Cite news |date=2003-01-02 |title=Briton secures pole record |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2621091.stm |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |last2=Daley |first2=Jason |title=The Amazing Story of the First All-Women North Pole Expedition |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/podcast-recounts-amazing-story-first-all-women-north-pole-expedition-180963996/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}

:* 2000 she led an expedition across Ellesmere Island through the Sverdrup Pass.

:* 2003/04 she led two ski-all-the-way expeditions to the South Pole.

:* 2003 crossed the Greenland Ice Cap with her children Sarah and Eric by ski-kites with dog sled support.

:* 2004/2005 completed an unsupported ski expedition to the South Pole, again accompanied by her children Sarah and Eric, who became the youngest persons to ski to the South Pole.

:* 2007 drove a dogsled with Richard Hammond in a race to the 1996 location of the North Magnetic Pole as part of Top Gear: Polar Special.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-19 |title=I guided Top Gear team to safety |url=https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/17051477.i-guided-top-gear-team-to-safety/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Times and Star |language=en}}{{Citation |last=Simpkiss |first=Nigel |title=Polar Special |date=2007-07-25 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1070690/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |series=Top Gear |others=Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May}} This journey was cut short before her party reached the pole because the other competitors (in trucks) reached the destination first.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/extras/production_notes/polar_special.shtml |title=Production Notes - Polar Special |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013104137/http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/extras/production_notes/polar_special.shtml |archive-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=3 November 2008 }}

:* She is the first American to ski to both the North and South poles.