Biography:Thelma Rodgers
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Thelma Rodgers is a retired Antarctic scientist from New Zealand. She was the first woman to spend a winter at Scott Base, New Zealand's scientific base in Antarctica.[1]
Life
Rodgers grew up in the Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.[2] She worked as a science technician in the geophysics division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and spent the winter at Scott Base in 1979. She was the first woman to winter-over at the base.[3]
In 2017 a laboratory in the newly refurbished Hilary Field Centre at Scott Base was named after her.[4]
References
- ↑ "Scott Base 50years". http://www.scottbase50years.co.nz/faq/faq18.htm.
- ↑ "Pioneering Antarctic women honoured at Scott Base" (in en). Newshub. 2017-11-13. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/11/pioneering-antarctic-women-honoured-at-scott-base.html.
- ↑ Rodgers, Thelma. "Emperor penguins at Scott Base: the coming of antarctic winter". http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/khemari/khemari/antarctic/antarctic.html.
- ↑ "Celebrating the amazing women of Antarctica" (in en-US). The Spinoff. 2018-11-16. https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/16-11-2018/celebrating-the-amazing-women-of-antarctica/.
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