Stephanie Solomonides (b.1982, Nicosia) is an explorer, who is the first person from Cyprus to reach both the North and the South Poles.[1] She became the first Cypriot to reach the South Pole on 29 December 2009 as part of the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition.[2][3][1][4][5] She, like the seven women who were with her, was chosen from among 800 candidates from the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.[2]
In 2018 she when she reached the North Pole as part of the Women’s Euro Arabian North Pole Expedition, she became the first Cypriot to reach both poles.[6][1][2]
Solomonides was educated at The English School (Nicosia) and the University of Durham.[7] Prior to reaching the North Pole, she worked as a Vice President at JP Morgan.[8]