The curious incident of the missing cleaner

ABSTRACT The first woman to work as a professional scientist in Antarctica was Mariya Vasilyevna Klyonova, during the first Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1955–1957. Other women were crew members on the icebreakers Lena and Ob’ . There is an outside possibility that there was more to one of them tha...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Bulkeley, Rip
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008614
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008614
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Summary:ABSTRACT The first woman to work as a professional scientist in Antarctica was Mariya Vasilyevna Klyonova, during the first Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1955–1957. Other women were crew members on the icebreakers Lena and Ob’ . There is an outside possibility that there was more to one of them than meets the eye. But we shall never know.