Virginia Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | |
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| Born | Virginia Frances Pepper 9 July 1947 Godalming, Surrey, England |
| Died | 20 February 2004 (aged 56) |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, author, farmer |
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| Awards | _ribbon.png){kind=small} Polar Medal |
Virginia Frances, Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (née Pepper; 9 July 1947 – 20 February 2004), known as Ginny Fiennes, was an English explorer.[1] She was the first woman to be awarded the Polar Medal,[2] and the first woman to be voted in to join the Antarctic Club in recognition of her research work for the British Antarctic Survey and University of Sheffield into very low frequency radio propagation. Her husband was adventurer Ranulph Fiennes.[3][4]
- ^ "Virginia Fiennes". The Times. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Page 11713 | Supplement 50650, 8 September 1986 | London Gazette | The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Lady Virginia Fiennes, wife of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and first woman to receive the Polar Medal, ..." The Herald. 25 February 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Riffenburgh, Beau (2004). "Obituaries" (PDF). Polar Record. 40 (4): 368–370. doi:10.1017/S0032247404003924. S2CID 233316053. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.