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Nel Law (1914–1990), artist, writer, first Australian woman to set foot in Antarctica in 1961; Diana Patterson (born early 1950s), first woman to head an Australian Antarctic station; Sally Poncet (born 1954), biologist, ornithologist, explorer; Anya Marie Reading (PhD 1997), seismology and computational methods
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]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People of Antarctica. It includes People of Antarctica that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
First British woman, Janet Thomson, joins the British Antarctic Survey, and becomes the first British woman on Antarctica. [ 33 ] On November 16, American Brooke Knapp , is the first person to land at McMurdo Station for a round the world flight and the first person to pilot a business jet over both the North and South Poles.
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At least 11 children have been born in Antarctica. [4] The first was Emilio Marcos Palma, born on 7 January 1978 to Argentine parents at Esperanza, Hope Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula. [5] The first girl born on the Antarctic continent was Marisa De Las Nieves Delgado, born on 27 May 1978.
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.
Marie Büchler was born in Wellington on 2 August 1940, the daughter of Marie Payne Büchler (née Stringer), a general practitioner, and Arthur William Büchler. [2] [3] Her interest in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic began at a young age, when her mother used to take her down to the wharf to watch boats returning from the sub-Antarctic.