Breast cancer survivor Sue Riches and her daughter Victoria join the world’s first all-female expedition to the North Pole. Their joint accounts of their Arctic ordeal is a celebration of the ‘anything is possible’ attitude that can transform life’s tribulations into its most rewarding experiences

‘A fantastic celebration of adventure, courage, friendship and love’ – Dawn French
In 1997, a group of twenty women set out to become the world’s first all-female expedition to the North Pole. Sue and Victoria Riches were surprised to find themselves among them.
Travelling to the most isolated and forbidding regions of the globe and facing the bitterest hardships, both were seeking a new beginning. For Sue, these were the first steps following treatment for breast cancer. For her daughter Victoria, abandoning the security of her career was the sole way to test her self-belief.
This is Sue and Victoria’s personal account of their trials and survival in the Arctic. Honest, shocking, but never too serious, Frigid Women is a celebration of the positive, ‘anything is possible’ attitude that can transform life’s tribulations into its most rewarding experiences.