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The U.S. Navy also considered Antarctica a "male-only bastion." [28] Admiral George Dufek said in 1956 that "women would join American Teams in the Antarctic over his dead body." [29] He also believed that women's presence on Antarctica "would wreck men's illusions of being heroes and frontiersmen."
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Liv Arnesen (born 1953), educator, cross-country skier, first woman to ski alone to the South Pole in 1994; Ingrid Christensen (1891–1976), early polar explorer, first woman to land on the Antarctic mainland or at least view land in Antarctica (1931) Lillemor Rachlew (1902–1983), one of the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland ...
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Hameister covered over 600 km (370 mi) from the Ross Ice Shelf at the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. She completed the trek in 37 days and reached the South Pole on 10 January 2018. [7] Hameister claimed a handful of titles, including the youngest person in history and the first Australian woman to ski from the coast to the South Pole.
Antarctica contains research stations and field camps that are staffed seasonally or year-round, and former whaling settlements. [1] Approximately 12 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty , send personnel to perform seasonal (summer) or year-round research on the continent and in its surrounding oceans.
The first women to winter-over at Palmer Station were Ann Wylette and Becky Heimark. [12] Thea de Moel is the first Dutch woman to reach Antarctica as a crew member aboard the 'Footsteps of Scott Expedition' ship Southern Quest. 1986. The first Polar Medal is awarded to a woman, Virginia Fiennes, who was honored for her work in the Transglobe ...
As of April 2024, the first women, and fastest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted from Sydney to Auckland with a time of 8 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In May 2024, Blair became the first person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around New Zealand; Auckland to Auckland with a time of 16 days and 23 hours.