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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
Shirley Muldowney (born June 19, 1940), also known professionally as "Cha Cha" and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is an American auto racer.She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a Top Fuel dragster.
1956. Geologist Maria Klenova of the Soviet Union was the first woman to begin scientific work in Antarctica. [13] Klenova helped create the first Antarctic atlas. [14]Jennie Darlington publishes her book about spending a year in Antarctica called My Antarctic Honeymoon.
Pages in category "Women in Antarctica" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... This page was last edited on 19 November 2024, ...
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”.
Patricia Hepinstall at the McMurdo Station. The first women to fly to Antarctica were the American flight attendants Patricia (Pat) Hepinstall of Holyoke, Colorado, U.S. and Ruth Kelley of Houston, Texas, U.S. who were members of the crew on the Pan American flight which landed at the US McMurdo Station on October 15, 1957.
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.