Glaciers are for girls: the inaugural expedition of Girls on Ice Austria succeeded in empowering nine young women in August 2021
Girls on Ice Austria, an organization that encourages young women to stretch themselves through wilderness and glacier travel, camping, science and art, successfully completed their inaugural expedition in August 2021. Nine girls from Austria, Germany and Italy joined science instructors specializin...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:18a0de8e8d294793a1d3ddd7aa60db91 2023-05-15T18:02:52+02:00 Glaciers are for girls: the inaugural expedition of Girls on Ice Austria succeeded in empowering nine young women in August 2021 E. B. Lodes 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-90-1-2022 https://doaj.org/article/18a0de8e8d294793a1d3ddd7aa60db91 DE EN ger eng Copernicus Publications https://polf.copernicus.org/articles/90/1/2022/polf-90-1-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/0032-2490 https://doaj.org/toc/2190-1090 doi:10.5194/polf-90-1-2022 0032-2490 2190-1090 https://doaj.org/article/18a0de8e8d294793a1d3ddd7aa60db91 Polarforschung, Vol 90, Pp 1-6 (2022) Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-90-1-2022 2022-12-30T21:44:46Z Girls on Ice Austria, an organization that encourages young women to stretch themselves through wilderness and glacier travel, camping, science and art, successfully completed their inaugural expedition in August 2021. Nine girls from Austria, Germany and Italy joined science instructors specializing in glaciology and meteorology, two professional artists (an actress and a painter), and a professional mountain guide for an all-female, week-long expedition to Bachfallferner glacier in the Ötztal. The team learned basic mountaineering and climbing skills, conducted scientific experiments including measuring the daily melt rate of Bachfallferner glacier, and pushed their creative boundaries. The all-female nature of Girls on Ice, and Inspiring Girls Expeditions (the umbrella organization) is meant to show young girls that women are capable of successfully filling traditionally male roles (such as in glaciology and mountaineering), to introduce the next generation of girls to the world of mountains and glaciers, and to encourage them to bravely and confidently pursue these career paths. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polarforschung Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Polarforschung 90 1 1 6 |
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Girls on Ice Austria, an organization that encourages young women to stretch themselves through wilderness and glacier travel, camping, science and art, successfully completed their inaugural expedition in August 2021. Nine girls from Austria, Germany and Italy joined science instructors specializing in glaciology and meteorology, two professional artists (an actress and a painter), and a professional mountain guide for an all-female, week-long expedition to Bachfallferner glacier in the Ötztal. The team learned basic mountaineering and climbing skills, conducted scientific experiments including measuring the daily melt rate of Bachfallferner glacier, and pushed their creative boundaries. The all-female nature of Girls on Ice, and Inspiring Girls Expeditions (the umbrella organization) is meant to show young girls that women are capable of successfully filling traditionally male roles (such as in glaciology and mountaineering), to introduce the next generation of girls to the world of mountains and glaciers, and to encourage them to bravely and confidently pursue these career paths. |
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