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Jennie Darlington (née Zobrist, 1924–2017) was an American explorer and, with Jackie Ronne, one of the first women to overwinter on Antarctica, during the winter of 1947-1948. [1] [2] She and Ronne were part of a team that re-occupied a former U.S. station (from the U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition in 1939) on Stonington Island in 1946.
1956. Geologist Maria Klenova of the Soviet Union was the first woman to begin scientific work in Antarctica. [13] Klenova helped create the first Antarctic atlas. [14]Jennie Darlington publishes her book about spending a year in Antarctica called My Antarctic Honeymoon.
Bush, W. M. - Antarctica and International Law: A Collection of Inter-state and National Documents. [24] [25] Byrd, Richard Evelyn - Alone: the classic polar adventure. [26] Caesar, Adrian - The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson, 1911–1913. [27] Cassidy, William A. – Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica: A Personal ...
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In 1991 In-Young Ahn was the first female leader of an Asian research station (King Sejong Station) and the first South Korean woman to step onto Antarctica. [78] There were approximately 180 women in Antarctica during the 1990–1991 season. [72] Women from several different countries were regular members of overwintering teams by 1992. [77]
Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955) is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic . She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.
Cork O’Connor, whose wife is a full-blooded Ojibwe and who is half Native American himself, retired from his job as Aurora, Minnesota, police chief a while back. For starters, the daughter of an ...
Lois Jones (1935–2000), geochemist, led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969; Ruth Kelley, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957; Amy Leventer (graduated 1982), marine biologist, micropaleontologist; Diane McKnight (born 1953), environmental engineer, educator, editor