Pamela Young

First women at the South Pole Pam Young, Jean Pearson, Lois Jones, Eileen McSaveney, Kay Lindsay and Terry Tickhill

Pamela Margaret Young (née Rawlinson) is a New Zealand Antarctic scientist. She was the first New Zealand woman to live and work in Antarctica.[1] In 1969–70, she worked at Cape Bird as field assistant to her husband Euan, a biologist, and was among the first six women to fly to the South Pole.[2] She wrote a book about her trip (Penguin summer or a rare bird in Antarctica).[3] The Young Peaks in Antarctica are named after her.[4]

  1. ^ "Royal Society Te Apārangi – Pamela Young". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Women in Antarctica". NZHistory. 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ Young, Pamela (1971). Penguin summer. Wellington: Reed (A.H.& A.W.). ISBN 058900686X.
  4. ^ "Young Peaks: Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 6 August 2017.