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On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...
Webcam images of the station and a penguin colony on nearby Torgersen Island are available at the station's web site. [2] The facility is the second Palmer Station; "Old Palmer" was about a mile to the northwest adjacent to the site of the British Antarctic Survey "Base N", [3] built in the mid-fifties. The site is on what is now known as ...
As of 2020 she holds the record for the most winters spent by a woman at the South Pole. She spent five winters total: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. 2004. Fiona Thornewill became first British woman to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole in a record breaking 41 days. [9] Linda Beilharz is the first Australian woman to ski to the ...
Hannah McKeand is an English polar explorer. In 2006 she set the record for the fastest journey (man or woman) to the South Pole a 600-nautical-mile (1,100 km) journey she completed solo and in just 39 days, 9 hours and 33 minutes. [1]
Women from several different countries were regular members of overwintering teams by 1992. [77] The first all-women expedition reached the South Pole in 1993. [23] Diana Patterson, the first female station leader on Antarctica, saw change coming in 1995. She felt that many of the sexist views of the past had given way so that women were judged ...
Ann Daniels (born 1964 or 1965 [1]) is a British polar explorer and motivational speaker. She and her team-mate Caroline Hamilton were the first women to reach both the North Pole and South Pole as part of all-women teams, in 2002.
In 2000, Michael and Fiona became the first married couple to reach the South Pole, along with Catherine Hartley. In 2001, Mike and Fiona set up an expedition to reach the North Pole, raising money for charity in the process. Guiding them was Canadian mountaineer and arctic adventurer Paul Landry. They reached their destination in 56 days.
Liv Ragnheim Arnesen (born June 1, 1953) is a Norwegian educator, cross-country skier, adventurer, guide, and motivational speaker.Arnesen led the first unsupported women’s crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap in 1992.