List of Antarctic women

Argentina

Viviana Alder (born 1957), marine microbiologist

Irene Bernasconi (1896–1989), echinoderm specialist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968

Patricia Ortúzar (graduated 2001), geographer, writer

Carmen Pujals (1916–2003), botanist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968

Irene Schloss (PhD 1997), plankton biologist

Australia

Nerilie Abram (born 1977), climate change environmentalist

Leanne Armand (born 1968), marine scientist, diatom ecologist

Dana Bergstrom (born 1962), ecologist, biosecurity specialist, writer

Hope Black (born 1919), marine biologist, educator, early sub-Antarctic researcher

Elizabeth Chipman (born 1934}, writer, one of the first Australian women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1975

Louise Crossley (1942–2015), South-African born environmentalist, station leader

Amanda Davies, geographer

Gwen Fenton (PhD 1985), biologist, first woman to be chief scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division

Samantha Hall (born 1982), environmental researcher

Catherine King (graduated 1992), environmentalist specializing in ecotoxicology research

Delphine Lannuzel (graduated 2001), Belgian-born biogeochemist, educator

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

Patricia Margaret Selkirk (born 1942), plant biologist, ecologist

Justine Shaw (graduated 1996), ecologist, conservation scientist

Jan Strugnell (born 1976), evolutionary molecular biologist

Elizabeth Truswell (born 1941), palynologist, visual artist

Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (born 1950), one of the first two indigenous Australians to visit Antarctica

Barbara Wienecke (PhD 1993), Namibian-born seabird ecologist

Nerida Wilson (graduated 1998), invertebrate marine biologist

Belgium

Annick Wilmotte (graduated 1982), microbiologist

Brazil

Edith Fanta (1943–2008), biologist, Antarctic fish researcher

Vivian Pellizari (graduated 1992), microbiologist

Brunei

Dk Najibah Era Al-Sufri (born 1983), first Bruneian to reach the South Pole

Bulgaria

Roumiana Metcheva (born 1950), ecotoxicologist

Canada

Josée Auclair (born 1962), polar explorer, first Canadian woman to have headed expeditions to the North and South Poles

Kathleen Conlan (born 1950), marine biologist, explorer

Jennie Darlington (1919–2009), explorer, one of the first women to overwinter in Antarctica in 1947–48

Chile

Veronica Vallejos (born late 1960s), marine biologist, conservationist

China

Yan Liu (graduated 2003), iceberg calving specialist, environmentalist

Lijie Wei (born 1974), paleontologist, stratigraphist

Czech Republic

Linda Nedbalova (born 1976), biologist, writer

Denmark

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (born 1958), geophysicist, ice and climate researcher

Caroline Mikkelsen (1906 - late 1990s), explorer, first woman to set foot on Antarctica or an Antarctic island in 1935

France

Laurence de la Ferrière (born 1957), Moroccan-born climber and explorer, first French woman to reach the South Pole alone in 1997

Catherine Ritz (graduated 1975), geographer, climatologist

Germany

Doris Abele (graduated 1984), marine biologist

Nancy Bertler (graduated 1996), geologist, ice core researcher

Angelika Brandt (born 1961), deep-sea biologist

Katrin Linse (PhD 2000), marine benthic biologist

Karin Lochte (born 1952), oceanographer, climate change specialist

Cornelia Lüdecke (born 1954), meteorologist, writer

Bettina Meyer (PhD 1996), marine biologist

Monika Puskeppeleit (born 1955), physician, station leader of the first all-woman team to overwinter in Antarctica

India

Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole

Aditi Pant, oceanographer, first Indian woman to visit Antarctica in 1983

Sudipta Sengupta, structural geologist, mountaineer, writer

Italy

Cinzia Verde (graduated 1987), biologist, writer

Japan

Junko Tabei (born 1939), mountaineer, the first woman to climb to the top of Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest mountain

Malaysia

Siti Aisyah Alias (born 1966), marine biologist

Morocco

Merieme Chadid (born 1969), astronomer

Netherlands

Corina Brussaard (PhD 1997), viral ecologist

Anita Buma (graduated 1984), marine ecophysiologist

Monique de Vries (born 1947), politician, polar research supporter

New Zealand

Rosemary Askin (born 1949), geologist, palnologist

Margaret Bradshaw, British-born New Zealand geologist, pioneering role model in Antarctic research

Edith Farkas (1921–1993), Hungarian-born meteorologist, ozone researcher

Roberta Farrell (graduated 1975), American-born biologist, educator

Victoria Metcalf (graduated 1996), marine biologist, educator

Gillian Wratt (born 1954), botanist, first woman director of the New Zealand Antarctic Programme

Norway

Liv Arnesen (born 1953) educator, cross-country skier, first woman to ski alone to the South Pole in 1994

Ingrid Christensen (1891–1976), early polar explorer, first woman to land on the Antarctic mainland or at least view land in Antarctica (1931)

Lillemor Rachlew (1902–1983), one of the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1937

Cecilie Skog (born 1974), nurse, explorer, adventurer

Monica Kristensen Solås (born 1950), glaciologist, meteorologist, explorer

Pakistan

Namira Salim (born 1975), explorer, artist

Poland

Maria Olech (born 1941), biologist, lichenologist

Romania

Florica Topârceanu (born 1954), biologist, medical researcher

Russia/Soviet Union

Maria Klenova (1898–1976), marine geologist, first women to undertake scientific work in Antarctica in 1956, contributing to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas

South Africa

Bettine van Vuuren (graduated 1992), zoologist

South Korea

In-Young Ahn (graduated 1982), benthic ecologist, oceanographer

Ji Hee Kim (graduated 1991), biologist, environmentalist, writer

Hong Kum Lee (graduated 1989), marine biotechnologist

Spain

Susana Agustí (graduated 1982), biological oceanographer

Josefina Castellví (born 1935), oceanographer, biologist, writer

Carlota Escutia Dotti (graduated 1982), geologist

Sweden

Elisabeth Isaksson (graduated 1986), glaciologist, geologist

Anna Wåhlin (born 1970), physical oceanographer

Tina Sjögren (born 1959), Czech-born mountaineer, explorer, first woman to complete the Three Poles Challenge in 2002

Trinidad and Tobago

Marilyn Raphael (PhD 1990), climatologist, educator, writer

United Kingdom

Louise Allcock (graduated 1992), marine biologist, editor

Felicity Aston (born 1977), explorer, climate scientist

Kim Crosbie (born c.1969), environmentalist, citizen scientist, writer

Ginny Fiennes (1947–2004), explorer, her Transglobe Expedition team was the first to reach the two poles

Jane Francis (born 1956), palaeoclimatologist, director of the British Antarctic Survey

Helen Fricker (graduated 1991), glaciologist, writer

Karen Heywood (graduated 1983), oceanographer, educator

Eleanor Honnywill (c.1919–2003), contributor to the British Antarctic Survey, writer

Joanne Johnson (born 1977), geologist, writer

Jennifer Lee, specialist in invasion biology

Hannah McKeand (born 1973) beat the record for solo skiing from the coast to the pole, 39 days. Beat the record for number of South Pole expeditions.

Tavi Murray (PhD 1990), glaciologist

Elizabeth Morris (born 1946), glaciologist

Pom Oliver (born 1952), explorer, film producer

Sharon Robinson (born 1981), plant physiologist, climate change biologist

Jane Rumble, head of the Polar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2007

Rosie Stancer (born 1960), explorer, adventurer

Janet Thomson (born 1942), geologist, first British woman to undertake field research in Antarctica

Fiona Thornewill (born 1966), explorer

Jemma Wadham (PhD 1998), glacial biogeochemist

United States

Ann Bancroft (born 1955), writer, educator, adventurer, first woman to complete Arctic and Antarctic expeditions

Jenny Baeseman (graduated 1998), civil engineer, environmentalist, geoscientist

Robin Bell (graduated 1980), polar ice specialist

Mary Odile Cahoon (1929–2011), Benedictine nun, early Antarctic biological researcher

Kelly Falkner (born 1960), chemical oceanographer, educator

Patricia Hepinstall, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957

Barbara Hillary (born 1931), first African-American woman to reach both poles

Louise Huffman (born 1951), educator specializing in polar science

Christina Hulbe (MSc 1994), geologist, educator

Lois Jones (1935–2000), geochemist, led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969

Ruth Kelley, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957

Amy Leventer (graduated 1982), marine biologist, micropaleontologist

Diane McKnight (born 1953), environmental engineer, educator, editor

Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922–1980), biologist, first American woman to head an Antarctic research station

Jill Mikucki (graduated 1996), microbiologist

Robyn Millan (graduated 1995), astronomist, physicist, investigating radiation belts

Tori Murden (born 1963), explorer, first woman to reach the South Pole by land in 1989

Alison Murray (graduated 1989), microbiologist

Jerri Nielsen (1952–2009), physician, writer

Julie Palais (graduated 1974), glaciologist

Irene C. Peden (born 1925), electrical engineer, first American scientist to work in the Antarctic interior in 1970

Ann Peoples (graduated 1979), first American woman to have a management position in Antarctica

Erin Pettit (born 1971), glaciologist

Vanessa O'Brien (born 1964), mountain climber, explorer

Christina Riesselman (graduated 2001), paleoceanographer

Michelle Rogan-Finnemore (graduated 1981), scientist, legal expert

Jackie Ronne (1919–2009), explorer, first woman to be a working member of an Antarctic exhibition (1947–48)

Christine Siddoway (born 1961), structural geologist

Deborah Steinberg (graduated 1987), oceanographer, zooplankton ecologist

Cristina Takacs-Vesbach (born 1968), microbial ecologist

Lynne Talley (born 1954), physical oceanographer

Trista Vick-Majors (graduated early 2000s), microbial ecologist

Diana Wall (PhD in 1971), environmental scientist and a soil ecologist

Sophie Warny (born 1969), Belgian-born palynologist

Terry Wilson (born 1954), geologist, tectonics specialist