celebratingamazingwomen: Monika Puskeppeleit (b. 1955) is a German physician. She is the station lea
celebratingamazingwomen: Monika Puskeppeleit (b. 1955) is a German physician. She is the station leader of the first all-woman team to overwinter in Antarctica. She was stationed at Akta Bay between 1989 and 1991, and initiated the first polar and biomedical research while there. She is highly regarded in scientific circles not only for her research, but for helping break down gender barriers in a previously male-dominated field. -- source link