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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]
She inspired to join a space organisation after reading a NASA newspaper article about Mars. She obtained her Model Diploma for Technicians-Radio Apparatus (MDT-RA) from Masab Tank Government Polytechnic in Hyderabad. Mani was the only female in the class of 80. [3]
Merieme Chadid (Arabic: مريم شديد; born 11 October 1969 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan-French astronomer, explorer and astrophysicist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She leads international polar scientific programs and has been committed to installing a major astronomical observatory at the heart of Antarctica.
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.
Lillemor Rachlew on board ship in Antarctica, 1936-37. Ingebjørg Lillemor Rachlew (née Enger; 7 January 1902 – 14 May 1983) was a Norwegian Antarctic explorer. In 1937, she was one of four Norwegian women - Rachlew, Ingrid Christensen, Augusta Sofie Christensen, and Solveig Widerøe - who were the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent.
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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.