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Women who have explored the Arctic or Antarctic regions. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Polar explorers . It includes polar explorers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
French philanthropist, explorer and writer who traveled alone through North and South America and the Far East Louise Arner Boyd: American: 1887: 1972: Explored Greenland and the Arctic Beatrix Bulstrode: British 1869 1951 Journalist and writer who traveled through China and Mongolia in 1911–1913 Susan Butcher: American: 1954: 2006: Dog ...
In 2001, Bancroft and Norwegian adventurer Liv Arnesen became the first women to ski across Antarctica. [12] In March 2007, Bancroft and Liv Arnesen took part in a trek across the Arctic Ocean to draw attention to the problem of global warming. The two explorers were followed be millions of school children. [13]
Louise Arner Boyd (September 16, 1887 – September 14, 1972) was an American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic, who wrote extensively of her scientific expeditions.She became the first woman to fly over the North Pole in 1955, after privately chartering a DC-4 and crew that included aviation pioneers Thor Solberg and Paul Mlinar.
Women who were wives of explorers who were left behind "endured years of loneliness and anxiety." [38] Women like Kathleen Scott raised money for their husbands' journeys. [38] The first women involved in exploration of Antarctica were wives and companions of male travelers and explorers. Women accompanied men as "whaling wives" to Antarctic ...
In 1997, Stancer was one of 20 amateur women selected for a place on the first all women's expedition to the North Pole, The 'McVities Penguin Polar Relay'. A relay of five teams hauled sleds of up to 150 lbs across 500 miles (800 km) of shifting pack ice in temperatures down to minus 40 °C.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club. [21] In 2016 she co-presented a television history programme series about the 1898 Klondyke Gold Rush. [22] Her photo-portrait by Anita Corbin was one of the 100 First Women Portraits at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter. [23]
Female polar explorers (1 C, 61 P) Pages in category "Female explorers" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.