Edith Ronne
American explorer
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Edith Ronne was an American explorer who, along with Jenny Darlington, became one of the first women researchers to participate in a polar exploration. They traveled with the Ronne Expedition to Antarctica in 1947, led by her husband, Finn Ronne. This expedition charted vast areas of the continent. The Ronne Ice Shelf, the second largest body of floating ice in the world, located in the Weddell Sea region of Antarctica, was named in her honor.12
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