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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; Anya Marie Reading (PhD 1997), seismology and computational methods
At least 11 children have been born in Antarctica. [4] The first was Emilio Marcos Palma, born on 7 January 1978 to Argentine parents at Esperanza, Hope Bay, near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula. [5] The first girl born on the Antarctic continent was Marisa De Las Nieves Delgado, born on 27 May 1978.
Artist Nel Law is the first Australian woman to set foot in Antarctica, landing at Mawson and visiting in an unofficial capacity. [17] 1968. The first group of female scientists conducted research in Antarctica. [18]
A woman working at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Field Camp in 2012.. Women have been exploring the regions around Antarctica for many centuries. The most celebrated "first" for women in Antarctica was in 1935 when Caroline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot on one of Antarctica's islands. [1]
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.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People of Antarctica. It includes People of Antarctica that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
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.
This is a list of people born at Esperanza Base, Antarctica. As of 2010, the following people were named by the Argentine Army as having been born at Esperanza Base. [1] Emilio Marcos Palma (1978), the first child born in Antarctica; Marisa de las Nieves Delgado (1978), the first girl born in Antarctica; Rubén Eduardo de Carli (1979)