Australian Catherine Drysdale rewrote the record books at the bottom of the world on Saturday (December 13), becoming the Antarctic Ice Marathon’s first female champion in the 20th edition of the race.

Braving strong winds and a temperature dropping to below 15°C, Drysdale, a 35-year-old portfolio manager from Sydney, crossed the finish line in a winning time of 3:48:43. Russia’s Denis Nazarov came in second with Rune Buyl of Belgium third.

The world’s southernmost marathon saw athletes from 20 countries complete an exhausting 42.2 kilometres, which was staged at Union Glacier, some 600 miles from the South Pole.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

UNION GLACIER, ANTARCTICA (DECEMBER 13, 2025) (HUTC - No archive, no resales)

1. RUNNERS LINING UP ON START LINE

2. RACE START

3. SCENIC OF RACE UNDERWAY (MUTE)

4. VARIOUS OF RUNNERS RUNNING PAST

5. VARIOUS SCENICS OF RACE UNDERWAY (MUTE)

6. GROUND-LEVEL VIEW OF RACE

7. VARIOUS OF RUNNERS IN ACTION

8. SCENIC OF RUNNERS IN ACTION (MUTE)

9. RUNNER RUNNING PAST “6 MILES” SIGN

10. RUNNER HAVING A DRINK

11. VARIOUS OF AUSTRALIAN RUNNER CATHERINE DRYSDALE IN ACTION

12. DRYSDALE CROSSING THE FINISH LINE FOR VICTORY

13. DRYSDALE RECEIVING MEDAL FOR WINNING RACE

14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 2025 ANTARCTIC ICE MARATHON CHAMPION, CATHERINE DRYSDALE, SAYING:

“It’s so hard. Wow, my God, it’s unlike anything I’ve ever done. I’ve done marathons before, but that is so tough. So tough. It’s like, every time I was suffering, I’m like, ‘come on, you’re running in Antarctica’, and sometimes it helped, and sometimes I just couldn’t pull myself out of that suffering, but I feel so good to be here, and the support is amazing, like, the people at aid stations and the encouragement along the way, just an awesome event. So, I’m buzzing, but I’m freezing cold. Freezing cold.”

15. RUNNER WAVING ITALIAN FLAG CROSSING THE FINISH LINE

16. RUNNER PLODDING PAST