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Women In Antarctica

Mary Lynn Price

Short video portraits of some of the women scientists, artists, teachers, technicians and support personnel working in Antarctica. For more information about this project and the work of the...

Episodes

12 episodes

Episode12 - To Dive Beneath the Ice in Antarctica

Video journalist Mary Lynn Price takes us diving beneath the ice in Antarctica.

00:02:17Jul 31, 2009

Episode11 - Cassondra Williams, Emperor Penguin Researcher

A PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Cassondra Williams studies the diving physiology and diving behavior of Emperor Pengui...

00:02:55Jul 7, 2009

Episode10 - Sharona Thompson, Broadcast Engineer in Antarctica

Sharona Thompson works as a Broadcast Engineer in one of the most remote locations on Earth! She handles U.S. Antarctic base McMurdo Station...

00:03:25Jun 16, 2009

Episode9 - Marianne Okal, GPS Field Engineer

Marianne Okal has one of the most interesting jobs in Antarctica. That's because she is a GPS Field Engineer with UNAVCO who gets to work wi...

00:02:23Jun 5, 2009

Episode8 - Shakira Brown-Petit, Teacher in Antarctica

Shakira Brown-Petit is a middle school science teacher from the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy. She traveled to a remote Antarctic f...

00:04:15May 23, 2009

Episode7 - Antarctica Conservators Restoring Shackleton's Historic Hut

Filmed on location at the historic Shackleton Hut at Cape Royds, Antarctica, this video portrait features Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zeal...

00:05:32May 6, 2009

Episode6 - Flight to McMurdo Station, Antarctica

The journey to the U.S. Antarctic base, McMurdo Station, is an incredible experience--especially if it's your first time going to the ice. F...

00:01:55Apr 26, 2009

Episode5 - Jessica Meir, Emperor Penguin Researcher

Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher and diver Dr. Jessica Meir studies the diving physiology and diving behavior of Emperor Pengu...

00:04:21Apr 14, 2009

Episode4 - Antarctica snow mobile instructor shawntell

Snowmobile instructor and mechanic shawntel has one of the coolest jobs in Antarctica because she teaches others how to ride and look after...

00:02:34Apr 7, 2009

Episode3 - Antarctica Extreme Cold Weather Gear

A fun video showing the extreme cold weather gear issued for deployment to Antarctica.

00:01:02Mar 29, 2009

Episode2 - Stacy Kim, Benthic Ecologist & Antarctic Diver

A Benthic Ecologist and long-time Antarctica diver, Stacy Kim studies seafloor creatures and marine life communities in waters below freezin...

00:04:55Mar 29, 2009

Episode1 - Jen Mannas, Weddell Seal Researcher

Jen Mannas is a wildlife ecologist based at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. She has been working in Antarctica as a Weddell Se...

00:03:22Mar 29, 2009