Lillemor Rachlew, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lillemor Rachlew

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1902

Date of Death: 14-May-1983

Profession: explorer, diarist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lillemor Rachlew née Enger (1902-1983) was one of four Norwegians who were the first women to set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
After their landing in 1937 the Four Ladies Bank in Prydz Bay was named after them.
On an earlier voyage to Antarctica Rachlew took photographs which were published in 1934.
Some sections from her diary were preserved and these are the earliest examples of a woman's writing about her travels in Antarctica.