Maria Klenova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Klenova

Marine geologist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1898

Place of Birth: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1976

Profession: geologist, university teacher, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (Russian: ????´? ????´?????? ???????) (12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas.Klenova studied to become a professor and later on worked as a member of the Council for Antarctic Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
During that time she spent nearly thirty years researching in the Polar Regions and become the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica.
She joined in the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–57) and worked with ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) at Macquarie Island.