Sunniva Sorby

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Sunniva Sorby is an expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist, [1] [2] and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. [3] [4] She is best known for her membership of the first women's team to reach the south pole in 1993. [1] [5]

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Biography

Sorby was born in Tønsberg, Norway and raised in Canada. [1] [6] She completed her BA economics at Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Canada. [6] [7] [2] She is an experienced expeditioner, historian, guide, citizen scientist, [1] [2] and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. [3] [4]

Polar engagement

Sorby works as a guide and historian of Antarctica, having visited the continent more than 100 times [1] [8] and also having skied across the Greenland icecap, across King George Island, Antarctica, and skied to the South Pole. [9] Her journey to the South Pole, which she reached on 14 January 1993, was as a member of the first women's team (under the leadership of Ann Bancroft) to do so. [1] [5] [7] [8] [10] [11]

Sorby co-founded Hearts in the Ice, a social media project aimed at engagement on climate change and together with Norwegian Hilde Fålun Strøm, is the first woman to over-winter in Svalbard without men. [1] [2] Focusing on the smallest possible carbon footprint while overwintering on Svalbard, Sorby and Strøm intend to pioneer the use of an electric snowmobile, and keep packaging of supplies to a minimum. [2] Their overwintering period, running from August 2019 to May 2020, will be spent at 78°N in a 20 m2 cabin called Bamsebu and their experience broadcast via social media. [12]

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  10. ↑ "The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada on June 30, 1997 · 60". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  11. ↑ DeWyze, Jeannette (July 27, 2000). "San Diegan Sunniva Sorby treks to South Pole". sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  12. ↑ "Home". Hearts In The Ice. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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