Antarctic scholars Meredith Nash, Hanne E. F. Nielsen, Justine Shaw, Matt King, Mary-Anne Lea, & Narissa Bax have written an interesting open access piece titled “‘Antarctica just has this hero factor. . .’: Gendered barriers to Australian Antarctic research and remote fieldwork” which was published January 2019 in PLoS ONE. It explores the masculine imagery associated with Antarctic leadership and exploration. Check out the article below or through the link embedded above.
Also check out the article “Even in Antarctica, women are experiencing sexism” by Ruth Dawkins in SBS News published 8 March 2019 in which she engages with the topic of sexism in Antarctic scholarship and the scholars of the above article.
(Please note that the featured image is of one of the article authors, Narissa Bax diving in Patagonia. The photo was provided by Narissa Bax and the photo credit is to Mathias Hune)
Women in the Arctic and Antarctic 