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This is a Timeline of women in Antarctica. ... As of 2020 she holds the record for the most winters spent by a woman at the South Pole. She spent five winters total ...
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]
Jackie Ronne (1919–2009), explorer, first woman to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition (1947–48) Karen Schwall, first female Army officer in Antarctica and first woman to manage McMurdo Station; Christine Siddoway (born 1961), structural geologist; Deborah Steinberg (graduated 1987), oceanographer, zooplankton ecologist
A British Army medical officer who attempted to become the fastest woman to ski alone across Antarctica hopes her feat will show people “you can do anything”.
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 ...
In 1931, Christensen sailed with Mathilde Wegger. The expedition sighted and named Bjerkö Head on 5 February 1931, making Christensen and Wegger the first women to see Antarctica. [8] Douglas Mawson reported spotting two women aboard a Norwegian ship, who were probably Christensen and Wegger, during his BANZARE expedition. He wired back to the ...
A British Army medical officer has said she has become the fastest woman to ski alone across Antarctica. Captain Harpreet Chandi, 34, already broke two Guinness World Records for polar exploration ...
A video posted on YouTube falsely purports to show police officers confronting a Haitian woman in Springfield about eating a cat. In reality, the video actually shows police department bodycam ...