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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.
Women scientists first began researching Antarctica from ships. The first woman scientist, Maria V. Klenova of the Soviet Union, worked on the ships Ob and Lena just off the Antarctic coastline in 1955 to 1956. [52] Klenova's work helped create the first Antarctic atlas. [29] Women served on Soviet Union ships going to Antarctica after 1963. [52]
In 1998 and 2002, polar researchers investigated Caroline Mikkelsen's landing and concluded it was on the Tryne Islands, rather than the Antarctic mainland. [6] [18] [19] Other research confirmed Christensen was the first to disembark on Scullin Monolith on 30 January 1937, making her the first woman to step on the Antarctic mainland. [6]
First woman on an Antarctic island Caroline Mikkelsen (20 November 1906 [ 1 ] – 15 September 1998, [ 2 ] later married Mandel ) was a Danish-Norwegian explorer who on 20 February 1935 was the first woman to set foot on Antarctica , [ 3 ] although whether this was on the mainland or an island is a matter of dispute.
The first woman scientist to work in Antarctica was Maria Klenova in 1956. [146] Silvia Morella de Palma was the first woman to give birth in Antarctica, delivering 3.4 kg (7 lb 8 oz) Emilio Palma at the Argentine Esperanza base 7 January 1978. Women faced legal barriers and sexism that prevented most from visiting Antarctica and doing research ...
2012 – Felicity Aston becomes the first person to ski alone across Antarctica using only personal muscle power, as well as the first woman to cross Antarctica alone. [37] [38] Her journey began on 25 November 2011, at the Leverett Glacier, and continued for 59 days and a distance of 1,744 km (1,084 mi). [39]
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.
2005–2006; first woman to perform a solo westward non-stop circumnavigation, in 178 days. [34] 2008-2009 Vendee Globe Race (Solo Nonstop Eastabout) onboard IMOCA 60 Aviva in 99 days 1 hrs 10 min 57 sec; Álvaro de Bazán; 2007; First circumnavigation of the globe by a Spanish warship in 142 years.