Thelma Rodgers
Thelma Ann Rodgers (née Bishton; 1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021)[1] was a retired Antarctic scientist from New Zealand. She was the first woman to spend a winter at Scott Base, New Zealand's scientific base in Antarctica.[2]
Life
Rodgers was born in Swansea, and moved to New Zealand with her family as a child.[1] She grew up in the Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.[3] She worked as a science technician in the geophysics division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and spent the winter at Scott Base in 1979. She was the first woman to winter-over at the base.[4]
Rodgers Point at Hut Point Peninsula was named after her by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2000.[1] In 2017 a laboratory in the newly refurbished Hilary Field Centre at Scott Base was named after her.[5]
Rodgers died on October 12, 2021.[6][better source needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bradshaw, Margaret (2022). "Thelma Rodgers, the First New Zealand woman to winter-over in Antarctica" (PDF). Antarctic. New Zealand Antarctic Society. 40 (1): 6–7. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ↑ "Scott Base 50years". www.scottbase50years.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ "Pioneering Antarctic women honoured at Scott Base". Newshub. 2017-11-13. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Rodgers, Thelma. "Emperor penguins at Scott Base: the coming of antarctic winter". homepages.paradise.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ "Celebrating the amazing women of Antarctica". The Spinoff. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ Sandlant, Graham (2021-11-03). "Thelma Ann Rodgers". The Wangapeka Study and Meditation Retreat Centre. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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