Meet The All-Woman Team Heading To Antarctica This Year

Women weren’t always welcome in Antarctica. In 1969, the United States Navy approved a first team TISI +0% of female researchers to join men who’d been working at McMurdo station for over a decade. But this year, a boatful of scientists and businesswomen will turn that history on its head. They are heading to Antarctica on a female-powered voyage: 87 women will take to the Southern Ocean this December for a trip they’re calling “Homeward Bound.” It’s part climate change summit, part leadership seminar, a trip focused on bringing women in science together at the bottom of the earth. Read More…