Surely a bike trailer would be a better option if the conditions suit riding a bike
Possibly not. Even in conditions where it’s possible to ride, I’d imagine unless it’s a very hard surface that a sledge would glide better than wheels would roll. I say that from experience of riding on snow and XC skiing – given the same conditions, skis normally glide a lot better than wheels roll. This is always assuming it’s warm enough for the sledge to glide – not necessarily the case down there.
So she was supported paddling the Amazon, so what
So they shouldn’t describe it as “solo”. Lots of credit to her for the achievement, no credit at all to the publicity machine at the BBC (who couldn’t even be bothered to do a bit of basic research about the longest kayak trips, which would have taken all of 5 minutes with Google). Are they going to describe this Antarctic trip as “solo” if she’s not riding a tandem? I know what they mean by “solo”, and they presumably do as well, but it’s deliberately deceptive. As I say, if you want a really impressive trip look up Freya.
That they couldn’t be bothered doing even the most basic research? Anybody seriously into sea paddling (doubtless including some of her instructors) has heard of Freya.
It’s really good her doing this stuff – most experienced paddlers wouldn’t contemplate that Amazon trip, and she was a novice when she started training for it – if only they didn’t oversell it so much.