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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 ...
Ginny built up a herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle while Fiennes was away on his expeditions. She was the first woman to receive the Polar Medal in recognition of her research work into VLF radio propagation.
Virginia "Ginny" Fiennes, who has died of cancer aged 56, was highly respected in polar circles around the world.
The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
14 lug 2022 · Explorer: Directed by Matthew Dyas. With Ranulph Fiennes, Anton Bowring, Ginny Fiennes, King Charles III. A portrait of the "world's greatest living explorer" Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a film that goes beyond the record breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth.
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1 ott 2021 · This Women of Cryo blog post will introduce you to Virginia ‘Ginny’ Fiennes. Ginny was a renowned explorer in the latter part of the 20th century, but her achievements, resilience and progressive approach to women’s roles in exploration often lie in the shadow of her famous husband.
Ginny Fiennes. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Ginny Fiennes was born Virginia Frances Pepper in Godalming, Surrey, England on 9 July, 1947. She was a writer and explorer who worked alongside her husband Ranulph Fiennes. They appeared together in To the Ends of the Earth (1983).
