On this day in 1935 Caroline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot on the continent of Antarctica. Mikklesen was an explorer of Danish origin, married to a Norwegian explorer who she ...

Caroline Mikkelsen, the wife of a Norwegian explorer, was the first woman to set foot on the continent, in 1935. Ronne was born Oct. 13, 1919, in Baltimore and received a degree in history from ...