Anne Dal Vera

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Anne Dal Vera (* Colorado) is an American polar explorer and was a team member of the first female-only Antarctic expedition in 1993 .

The largest ice shelves in Antarctica (as of 2007).
  • Ross Ice Shelf (472,960 km²)
  • Filchner-Ronne-Ice Shelf (422,420 km²)
  • Amery Ice Shelf (62,620 km²)
  • Larsen C (48,600 km²)
  • Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf (48,180 km²)
  • Fimbul Ice Shelf (41,060 km²)
  • Shackleton Ice Shelf (33,820 km²)
  • George VI Ice Shelf (23,880 km²)
  • West Ice Shelf (16,370 km²)
  • Wilkins Ice Shelf (13,680 km²)

    • power

    Map of the McMurdo-South Pole highway.jpg

    On November 9, 1992, Dal Vera and the other expedition participants left Hercules Inlet via the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf . The expedition was characterized by strong storms, cold and physical extremes as well as the pressure to cross the polar plateau as such a small group. On January 14, 1993 she reached the geographic South Pole on skis together with Ann Bancroft , Sunniva Sorby and Sue Giller as the first women's team . This made them not only the first women, but also among the first 30 people to make it across the South Pole on skis and sledges.

    Arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station , their further goal was to reach the transition from the continent to McMurdo Station . But after a total of 67 days, Anne Dal Vera and two other team members stopped 1419 kilometers (882 miles) from their destination. A delayed start and the resulting lack of time forced the team to give up further efforts at the South Pole.

    Preparation of the project

    The group financed part of the money ($ 90,000) through small donations and a T-shirt sale. The remainder ($ 385,000) was paid for by the group itself, although it took them five years to pay off the resulting debts.

    To make sure they and their gear were ready for Antarctica, the women trained on skis in Yellowstone National Park , Northern Canada and Greenland .

    Life today

    McMurdo Station

    In 1994, Dal Vera applied to Antarctic Support Associates (ASA) , a private company that had contracts with the National Science Foundation to supply equipment to the polar stations, so she returned to the Pole in 1995, but this time on a conventional route and with other equipment. Her passion for ice cream prompted her to return to McMurdo as an assistant in 1999 . She now maintains the technical equipment for garbage disposal there.

    literature

    • Ann Bancroft, Nancy Loewen: Four to the Pole !: The American Women's Expedition to Antarctica, 1992-1993 . Shoe String Press Inc., US, 2001, ISBN 978-0-208-02518-0 .

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    personal data
    SURNAME Dal Vera, Anne
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION American polar explorer
    DATE OF BIRTH 20th century