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'''Thelma Ann Rodgers''' ({{nee|'''Bishton'''}}; 1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021)<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite journal |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Margaret |title=Thelma Rodgers, the First New Zealand woman to winter-over in Antarctica |journal=Antarctic |date=2022 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=6-7 |url=https://antarcticsociety.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ANTARCTIC-MAGAZINE-2022-Vol-40-Nos-1-2.pdf |access-date=8 July 2024 |publisher=New Zealand Antarctic Society}}</ref> was a retired Antarctic scientist from New Zealand. She was the first woman to spend a winter at [[Scott Base]], New Zealand's scientific base in Antarctica.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottbase50years.co.nz/faq/faq18.htm|title=Scott Base 50years|website=www.scottbase50years.co.nz|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222115019/https://www.scottbase50years.co.nz/faq/faq18.htm|archive-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> |
'''Thelma Ann Rodgers''' ({{nee|'''Bishton'''}}; 1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021)<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite journal |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Margaret |title=Thelma Rodgers, the First New Zealand woman to winter-over in Antarctica |journal=Antarctic |date=2022 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=6-7 |url=https://antarcticsociety.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ANTARCTIC-MAGAZINE-2022-Vol-40-Nos-1-2.pdf |access-date=8 July 2024 |publisher=New Zealand Antarctic Society}}</ref> was a retired Antarctic scientist from New Zealand. She was the first woman to spend a winter at [[Scott Base]], New Zealand's scientific base in Antarctica.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottbase50years.co.nz/faq/faq18.htm|title=Scott Base 50years|website=www.scottbase50years.co.nz|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222115019/https://www.scottbase50years.co.nz/faq/faq18.htm|archive-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> |
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Rodgers Point at [[Hut Point Peninsula]] was named after her by the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] in 2000.<ref name="Bradshaw"/> In 2017 a laboratory in the newly refurbished Hilary Field Centre at Scott Base was named after her.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/16-11-2018/celebrating-the-amazing-women-of-antarctica/|title=Celebrating the amazing women of Antarctica|date=2018-11-16|work=The Spinoff|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Rodgers Point at [[Hut Point Peninsula]] was named after her by the [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] in 2000.<ref name="Bradshaw"/> In 2017 a laboratory in the newly refurbished Hilary Field Centre at Scott Base was named after her.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/16-11-2018/celebrating-the-amazing-women-of-antarctica/|title=Celebrating the amazing women of Antarctica|date=2018-11-16|work=The Spinoff|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Rodgers dies on October 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandlant |first=Graham |date=2021-11-03 |title=Thelma Ann Rodgers |url=https://wangapeka.org/thelma-ann-rodgers/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Wangapeka Study and Meditation Retreat Centre |language=en-NZ}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=July 2024}} |
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==References== |
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Thelma Ann Rodgers (née Bishton; 1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021)[1] was a retired Antarctic scientist from New Zealand. She was the first woman to spend a winter at Scott Base, New Zealand's scientific base in Antarctica.[2]
Life
Rodgers was born in Swansea, and moved to New Zealand with her family as a child.[1] She grew up in the Nelson area of the South Island of New Zealand.[3] She worked as a science technician in the geophysics division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and spent the winter at Scott Base in 1979. She was the first woman to winter-over at the base.[4]
Rodgers Point at Hut Point Peninsula was named after her by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 2000.[1] In 2017 a laboratory in the newly refurbished Hilary Field Centre at Scott Base was named after her.[5]
Rodgers dies on October 12, 2021.[6][better source needed]
References
- ^ a b c Bradshaw, Margaret (2022). "Thelma Rodgers, the First New Zealand woman to winter-over in Antarctica" (PDF). Antarctic. 40 (1). New Zealand Antarctic Society: 6–7. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Scott Base 50years". www.scottbase50years.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Pioneering Antarctic women honoured at Scott Base". Newshub. 2017-11-13. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ Rodgers, Thelma. "Emperor penguins at Scott Base: the coming of antarctic winter". homepages.paradise.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Celebrating the amazing women of Antarctica". The Spinoff. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ Sandlant, Graham (2021-11-03). "Thelma Ann Rodgers". The Wangapeka Study and Meditation Retreat Centre. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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