Women In Science
The Rockstar Geologist Who Mapped the Minerals of the Cosmos
A professor told Ursula Marvin she should learn to cook. Instead she chased down meteorites in Antarctica
Marvin, a trailblazer in more ways than one, surveys the Antarctic terrain on her meteorite-hunting expedition of 1978-79.
By Leila McNeill
smithsonian.com
March 30, 2018
At the age of 57, geologist Ursula Marvin traveled to Antarctica to hunt for meteorites, the first woman to ever do so.
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Marvin, who died on February 12 this year at the age of 96, described her time there with an air of wonder. “Working in Antarctica is a marvelous experience. We tented and searched in the gorgeous mountainous regions,†she said in a 2001 interview. Conditions that most people would find grueling, the longtime Smithsonian scientist delighted in: “By dressing for the cold we kept comfortable, and I loved having 24 hours of daylight.â€
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