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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. [3 ...
1992. Judy Chesser Coffman, of the U.S. Navy, was the first female helicopter pilot to fly in Antarctica, in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). [44] 1993. Ann Bancroft leads the first all-woman expedition to the South Pole and becomes the first woman to reach both the South and North Pole. [40] 1994.
Ursula B. Marvin in Antarctica, 1978–1979. The first two U.S. woman to winter at a U.S. Antarctic research station were Mary Alice McWhinnie and. Mary Odile Cahoon. Mary Alice was the station science leader (chief scientist) at McMurdo Station in 1974 [60] and Mary Odile was a nun and biologist. [56]
Bibliography of Antarctica. This article is a list of English-language nonfiction books which have been described by reliable sources as in some way directly relating to the subject of Antarctica, its history, geography, people, etc. Adie, Raymond J. - Antarctic Geology and Geophysics: Proceedings of a symposium, Oslo, Norway, August 1970. [1 ...
The first woman scientist to work in Antarctica was Maria Klenova in 1956. [146] Silvia Morella de Palma was the first woman to give birth in Antarctica, delivering 3.4 kg (7 lb 8 oz) Emilio Palma at the Argentine Esperanza base 7 January 1978. Women faced legal barriers and sexism that prevented most from visiting Antarctica and doing research ...
Delphine Lannuzel (graduated 2001), Belgian-born biogeochemist, educator. 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.
Nationality. Norwegian. Known for. First woman in Antarctica. Spouse. Lars Christensen. Ingrid Christensen (10 October 1891 – 18 June 1976) was an early polar explorer. She was known as the first woman to view Antarctica and land on the Antarctic mainland. [1]
She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. [1] She is the daughter of Lady Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower (1917–2014) and Sir Samuel Clayton. Her maternal grandparents were Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon (an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother), and William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, naval commander, making her a second cousin ...