Field Notes: Volume 4, Issue 2

Hello everyone!

Wishing you and yours a Happy Solstice, summer or winter, depending on your hemisphere! Here at WINGS, it’s also a significant time of year as we announce our 2022 Women of Discovery honorees - five extraordinary explorers making discoveries and finding solutions to global problems through innovative research and conservation programs in science, exploration and advocacy. We invite you to learn more about their groundbreaking work as we add updates to our website leading up to the Women of Discovery Awards Gala on October 19, 2022. Our gala will be held in New York City at Tribeca 360°, and we would love to see you there!

We hope you enjoy the expeditions featured here, starting in our planet's polar regions. While each Fellow & Flag Carrier’s expedition is unique, they share a common goal to explore unchartered territory, observe and preserve wildlife, discover and collect new data, and contribute to important advances in science and humanities. Across more than 70 countries as well as both poles, the WINGS Women of Discovery inspire us with their passion for exploration and as role models for the next generation.

Please join us in our mission to support these high-achieving women in science and exploration by making a donation here. With your help, WINGS and our Fellows & Flag Carriers will continue to soar to new heights.

Warmly,
Carrie Maloney
Executive Director

Feclitity Aston data collection, Svalbard

In this issue:

  • 2022 Women of Discovery Awards Gala Details and Ticket link

  • 2022 Women of Discovery Fellows

    • Jill Heinerth, Fellow, Lifetime Achievement

    • Karletta Chief, Fellow

    • Adjany Costa, Fellow

    • Citlalli Morelos-Juarez, Fellow

    • Rae Wynn-Grant, Fellow

  • Update from our Fellows

    • Mandë Holford

    • Sheila Ochugboju

    • Arita Baaijens & Birgit Sattler heading to Polar Regions

  • Q&A with Felicity Aston: Flexibility and Purpose in Arctic Exploration

  • Spotlight On:

    • Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, Fellows 2008

    • Helen Thayer, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2014

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