Ingebjørg Lillemor Rachlew (née Enger; 7 January 1902 – 14 May 1983) was a Norwegian Antarctic explorer. In 1937, she was one of four Norwegian women - Rachlew, Ingrid Christensen, Augusta Sofie Christensen, and Solveig Widerøe - who were the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland. The Four Ladies Bank, a submarine bank north of Prydz Bay was named after them.[1][2]
On an earlier voyage to Antarctica, Rachlew took photographs which were published in 1934. Some sections from her diary were preserved and these are the earliest examples of a woman's writing about her travels in Antarctica.
- ^ "Four Ladies Bank". Data management and spatial data services, Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ Bathie, Carol; Pett, Janet (February 2019). "The Four Ladies of Prydz Bay: notes on the naming of a submarine formation in Australian Antarctic Territory". The Victorian Naturalist. 136 (1). The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc. Retrieved 2024-03-02.