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This is a list of Antarctic women. It includes explorers, researchers, educators, administrators and adventurers. They are arranged by the country of their latest citizenship rather than by country of birth.
Nerida Wilson (graduated 1998), invertebrate marine biologist
Elizabeth Leane (DPhil Oxon, Rhodes Scholar), Professor of Antarctic Studies at The University of Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow (2004), co-lead Public Engagement with Antarctic Research Action Group as part of SCAR
Maria Klenova (1898–1976), marine geologist, first woman to undertake scientific work in Antarctica in 1956, contributing to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas
Halyna Kolotnytska (born 1972), cook of the second Ukrainian Antarctic expedition, 1997/98
Oksana Savenko (born 1981, Kyiv), Ukrainian marine biologist and zoologist, cetacean researcher, staff member of the National Antarctic Scientific Center, participant of the XXIV and XXVI Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions
Angelika Hanchuk (born 1994, Vinnytsia), Ukrainian meteorologist, synoptician, and climatologist, staff member of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, participant of the XXVII Ukrainian Antarctic expedition
Oksana Ivaniga (born 1994), Ukrainian polar researcher, meteorologist and ozonometrist, member of the 27th Ukrainian Antarctic expedition at the National Antarctic Scientific Center “Akademik Vernadsky”
Anna Soina (born 1982, Kharkiv), Ukrainian scientist, geophysicist, ozonometrist and environmentalist, staff member of the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, participant of the XXV and XXIX Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions
Olena Leshchenko (born 1976, Poltava), Ukrainian polar researcher, cook of the 30th Ukrainian Antarctic expedition (2025–2026) at the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Ivanna Koturbash (born 1996, Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine), Ukrainian physician and polar researcher, participant of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic expedition (2024–2025), first female physician in the history of Ukrainian year-round expeditions at the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Valentyna Harbarchuk (born 1969, Zhytomyr), Ukrainian meteorologist and polar researcher, participant of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic expedition (2024–2025), head of the Zhytomyr Meteorological Station of the Zhytomyr Regional Center for Hydrometeorology
Tetiana Bahlai (born 1991, Zdolbuniv), Ukrainian scientist, biologist and pharmacologist, participant of the XXIX Ukrainian Antarctic expedition
Nataliia Babii, Ukrainian physician, military surgeon and combat medic, participant of the XXIV Ukrainian Antarctic expedition at the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Svitlana Krakovska, Ukrainian climatologist and meteorologist, senior researcher of the National Antarctic Scientific Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, participant of the Second Ukrainian Antarctic expedition
Marina Orlova (born 1954), Ukrainian geophysicist, participant of the Second Ukrainian Antarctic expedition (1997–1998), one of the first four Ukrainian women to take part in a year-round wintering at the Akademi
Liudmyla Mankivska (born 26 July 1957), Ukrainian meteorologist and polar researcher, participant of the Second Ukrainian Antarctic expedition (1997–1998) at the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Mariia Pavlovska (born 1988), Ukrainian marine microbiologist and ecologist, research fellow of the National Antarctic Scientific Center, participant of seasonal expeditions to the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Anastasiia Chyhareva (born 1996, Kyiv), Ukrainian meteorologist and climatologist, researcher of the National Antarctic Scientific Center, participant of four seasonal expeditions to the Akademik Vernadsky Station
Nataliia Shepel, Ukrainian oceanographer of the National Antarctic Scientific Center, participant in Antarctic expeditions, involved in research on ocean current dynamics using Argo floats and CTD measurements aboard the research vessel Noosfera
Iryna Kozeretska (born 26 June 1964, Yavoriv), Ukrainian geneticist, deputy director for scientific affairs of the National Antarctic Scientific Center
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Louise Allcock (graduated 1992), marine biologist, editor
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