Dedicated to
The women who journeyed to Antarctica in the 1930s
on the Christensen fleet:
Ingrid Christensen
Mathilde Wegger
Lillemor (Ingebjørg) Rachlew
Ingebjørg Dedichen
Caroline Mikkelsen
Augusta Sofie (‘Fie’) Christensen
Solveig Wideroe
My mother, Barbara Walsh (1941–1988),
whose journey ended too soon
And my partner, Andi, who came along on this
journey from beginning to end