Scared was too strong a word to describe how I was feeling en route to Antarctica. I was nervous-uneasy, really. Our ship, the National Geographic Explorer, had just departed Ushuaia, the Argentinian ...

Jennie Darlington, left, with Edith ‘Jackie’ Ronne, the first two women to be part of an Antarctic expedition, in 1947. Credit: Polar Journal A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, ...

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The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. Antarctic Program, published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they’d experienced harassment or assault while on ...

Every year, from March to September, a 43-mile stretch of the planet becomes trapped in darkness. Polar winter, scientists like to call it. This chunk, named Ross Island, is one of the most decorated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All passengers wearing matching red jumpsuits in front of the ship that will take them to Antarctica. Since 2007, Michaela ...

Eight years after the first female scientist came forward to report sexual harassment and assault while working in Antarctica, women are still being victimised in the region. Abuse is rife in "the ...

As she skis across Antarctica, Felicity Aston is taking on dangers including crevasses, storms, injuries and frostbite. Her biggest challenge, though, has been adapting to solitude in the seemingly ...

A new online initiative promoting women in IT launched this week that follows the lives and careers of women in technology across every continent – including Antarctica – through an online diary ...

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