List of Antarctic women

Argentina

• Viviana Alder, marine microbiologist
• Irene Bernasconi, echinoderm specialist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968
• Patricia Ortúzar, geographer, writer
• Carmen Pujals, botanist, member of the first team of Argentine scientists to work on Antarctica in 1968
• Irene Schloss, plankton biologist

  Australia

• Nerilie Abram, climate change environmentalist
• Leanne Armand, marine scientist, diatom ecologist
• Dana Bergstrom, ecologist, biosecurity specialist, writer
• Hope Black, marine biologist, educator, early sub-Antarctic researcher
• Elizabeth Chipman, writer, one of the first Australian women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1975
• Louise Crossley, South-African born environmentalist, station leader
• Amanda Davies, geographer
• Gwen Fenton, biologist, first woman to be chief scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division
• Samantha Hall, environmental researcher
• Catherine King, environmentalist specializing in ecotoxicology research
• Delphine Lannuzel, Belgian-born biogeochemist, educator
• Nel Law, artist, writer, first Australian woman to set foot in Antarctica in 1961
• Diana Patterson, first woman to head an Australian Antarctic station
• Sally Poncet, biologist, ornithologist, explorer
• Anya Marie Reading, seismology and computational methods
• Patricia Margaret Selkirk, plant biologist, ecologist
• Justine Shaw, ecologist, conservation scientist
• Jan Strugnell, evolutionary molecular biologist
• Elizabeth Truswell, palynologist, visual artist
• Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, one of the first two indigenous Australians to visit Antarctica
• Barbara Wienecke, Namibian-born seabird ecologist
• Nerida Wilson, invertebrate marine biologist

  Belgium

• Annick Wilmotte, microbiologist

  Brazil

• Edith Fanta, biologist, Antarctic fish researcher
• Vivian Pellizari, microbiologist

  Brunei

• Dk Najibah Era Al-Sufri, first Bruneian to reach the South Pole

  Bulgaria

• Roumiana Metcheva, ecotoxicologist

  Canada

• Josée Auclair, polar explorer, first Canadian woman to have headed expeditions to the North and South Poles
• Kathleen Conlan, marine biologist, explorer
• Jennie Darlington, explorer, one of the first women to overwinter in Antarctica in 1947–48

  Chile

• Veronica Vallejos, marine biologist, conservationist

  China

• Yan Liu, iceberg calving specialist, environmentalist
• Lijie Wei, paleontologist, stratigraphist

  Czech Republic

• Linda Nedbalova, biologist, writer

  Denmark

• Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, geophysicist, ice and climate researcher
• Caroline Mikkelsen, explorer, first woman to set foot on Antarctica or an Antarctic island in 1935

  France

• Laurence de la Ferrière, Moroccan-born climber and explorer, first French woman to reach the South Pole alone in 1997
• Catherine Ritz, geographer, climatologist

  Germany

• Doris Abele, marine biologist
• Nancy Bertler, geologist, ice core researcher
• Anja Blacha expeditioner, longest solo, unsupported, unassisted polar expedition by a woman
• Angelika Brandt, deep-sea biologist
• Katrin Linse, marine benthic biologist
• Karin Lochte, oceanographer, climate change specialist
• Cornelia Lüdecke, meteorologist, writer
• Bettina Meyer, marine biologist
• Monika Puskeppeleit, 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, visited in 1983
• Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa, cosmochemist, geologist, visited in 1992 and 2012 under ANSMET programs

  Italy

• Cinzia Verde, biologist, writer

  Japan

• Junko Tabei, mountaineer, the first woman to climb to the top of Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest mountain

  Malaysia

• Siti Aisyah Alias, marine biologist

  Morocco

• Merieme Chadid, astronomer

  Netherlands

• Corina Brussaard, viral ecologist
• Anita Buma, marine ecophysiologist
• Monique de Vries, politician, polar research supporter

  New Zealand

• Rosemary Askin, geologist, palynologist
• Nancy Bertler, climate scientist and ice core specialist
• Margaret Bradshaw, British-born New Zealand geologist, pioneering role model in Antarctic research
• Ann Chapman, limnologist, first woman to lead an Antarctic expedition
• Marie Darby, marine biologist and teacher, first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic mainland
• Edith Farkas, Hungarian-born meteorologist, ozone researcher
• Roberta Farrell, American-born biologist, educator
• Christina Hulbe glaciologist
• Victoria Metcalf, marine biologist, educator
• Pat Langhorne sea ice physicist
• Christina Riesselman paleoceanographer
• Natalie Robinson polar oceanographer
• Gillian Wratt, botanist, first woman director of the New Zealand Antarctic Programme
• Pamela Young, first New Zealand woman to live and work in Antarctica

  Norway

• Liv Arnesen educator, cross-country skier, first woman to ski alone to the South Pole in 1994
• Ingrid Christensen, early polar explorer, first woman to land on the Antarctic mainland or at least view land in Antarctica
• Lillemor Rachlew, one of the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland in 1937
• Cecilie Skog, nurse, explorer, adventurer
• Monica Kristensen Solås, glaciologist, meteorologist, explorer

  Pakistan

• Namira Salim, explorer, artist

  Poland

• Maria Olech, biologist, lichenologist

  Romania

• Florica Topârceanu, biologist, medical researcher

  Russia/Soviet Union

• Maria Klenova, marine geologist, first women to undertake scientific work in Antarctica in 1956, contributing to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas

  South Africa

• Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist

  South Korea

• In-Young Ahn, benthic ecologist, oceanographer
• Ji Hee Kim, biologist, environmentalist, writer
• Hong Kum Lee, marine biotechnologist

  Spain

• Susana Agustí, biological oceanographer
• Josefina Castellví, oceanographer, biologist, writer
• Carlota Escutia Dotti, geologist

  Sweden

• Elisabeth Isaksson, glaciologist, geologist
• Anna Wåhlin, physical oceanographer
• Tina Sjögren, Czech-born mountaineer, explorer, first woman to complete the Three Poles Challenge in 2002
• Annelie Pompe, adventurer, has climbed all seven summits, including Mount Vinson.
• Johanna Davidsson, adventurer, has skied alone from the coast to the South Pole.

  Trinidad and Tobago

• Marilyn Raphael, climatologist, educator, writer

  Turkey

• Burcu Özsoy, scientist
• Şahika Ercümen, freediver

  Ukraine

• Halyna Kolotnytska, cook of The Second Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition 1997/98

  United Kingdom

• Louise Allcock, marine biologist, editor
• Felicity Aston, explorer, climate scientist
• Kim Crosbie, environmentalist, citizen scientist, writer
• Ginny Fiennes, explorer, her Transglobe Expedition team was the first to reach the two poles
• Jane Francis, palaeoclimatologist, director of the British Antarctic Survey
• Helen Fricker, glaciologist, writer
• Karen Heywood, oceanographer, educator
• Eleanor Honnywill, contributor to the British Antarctic Survey, writer
• Joanne Johnson, geologist, writer
• Jennifer Lee, specialist in invasion biology
• Hannah McKeand 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, glaciologist
• Elizabeth Morris, glaciologist
• Pom Oliver, explorer, film producer
• Sharon Robinson, plant physiologist, climate change biologist
• Jane Rumble, head of the Polar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2007
• Rosie Stancer, explorer, adventurer
• Janet Thomson, geologist, first British woman to undertake field research in Antarctica
• Fiona Thornewill, explorer
• Jemma Wadham, glacial biogeochemist

  United States

• Ann Bancroft, writer, educator, adventurer, first woman to complete Arctic and Antarctic expeditions
• Jenny Baeseman, civil engineer, environmentalist, geoscientist
• Robin Bell, polar ice specialist
• Mary Odile Cahoon, Benedictine nun, early Antarctic biological researcher
• Kelly Falkner, chemical oceanographer, educator
• Patricia Hepinstall, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957
• Barbara Hillary, first African-American woman to reach both poles
• Louise Huffman, educator specializing in polar science
• Christina Hulbe, geologist, educator
• Lois Jones, geochemist, led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969
• Kelly Jemison, geologist specializing in Antarctic diatoms
• Ruth Kelley, flight attendant, one of the first two women to fly to Antarctica in October 1957
• Amy Leventer, marine biologist, micropaleontologist
• Diane McKnight, environmental engineer, educator, editor
• Mary Alice McWhinnie, biologist, first American woman to head an Antarctic research station
• Jill Mikucki, microbiologist
• Robyn Millan, astronomist, physicist, investigating radiation belts
• Tori Murden, explorer, first woman to reach the South Pole by land in 1989
• Alison Murray, microbiologist
• Jerri Nielsen, physician, writer
• Julie Palais, glaciologist
• Irene C. Peden, electrical engineer, first American scientist to work in the Antarctic interior in 1970
• Ann Peoples, first American woman to have a management position in Antarctica
• Erin Pettit, glaciologist
• Vanessa O'Brien, mountain climber, explorer
• Christina Riesselman, paleoceanographer
• Michelle Rogan-Finnemore, scientist, legal expert
• Jackie Ronne, explorer, first woman to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition
• Christine Siddoway, structural geologist
• Deborah Steinberg, oceanographer, zooplankton ecologist
• Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, microbial ecologist
• Lynne Talley, physical oceanographer
• Trista Vick-Majors, microbial ecologist
• Diana Wall, environmental scientist and a soil ecologist
• Sophie Warny, Belgian-born palynologist
• Terry Wilson, geologist, tectonics specialist