Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922-1980)
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1962
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5739
Mary Alice McWhinnie (1922-1980) was a professor of biology at DePaul University and a world-renowned authority on krill when she began working on research ships off-shore in 1962, when this photograph was taken. The National Science Foundation eventually allowed her to winter over at McMurdo Station and in 1974, she became the first American woman to serve as chief scientist at an Antarctic research station.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-5739
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1962
Antarctica
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5739]