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Women Explorers

In 1966 Lars-Eric Lindblad led the first-ever expedition to Antarctica for citizen explorers. Of the 56 intrepid travelers who signed on to go where only explorers and scientists had gone before, 37 were women—clear evidence that the desire for adventure and exploration is female, too. So, we celebrate female explorers, current and former. Click each photo below to learn who they are and what they do.

Alyssa Adler “As a child I wasn’t very comfortable in the water,” undersea specialist Alyssa Adler recalls. “But when I started diving in college a whole other world opened up, showing me how powerful it can be to conquer fear.”   Read More

 

Kristin Hettermann	Caitlyn Webster	Sharon Grainger	Ella Potts
Elise Lockton	Isabella Lindblad	Maya Santangelo	Pamela Fingleton
Jenny Kingsley	Heidi Norling	Johanna Garcia	Willowdean Handy
Bette Lu Krause	Sisse Brimberg	Michelle Rider & Sara Henstam	Hilda Sarmiento
Stacy Rivett	Sylvia Earle	Kathy Sullivan	Zaria Forman
Jennifer Burgin	Jeanne Baret	Jen Martin	Ana Esteves
Krista Rossow	Annie Fiske	Bessie C. Sweeney	Tierney Thys
Eva Saragosa	Sarah Culler	Dora the Explorer	Wanny Woldstad
LYnn Fowler