Justine at work.
The role of women researchers in Antarctica - and the discrimination that locked them out of the frozen continent for decades - will be highlighted with a " Wikibomb " this month. Women scientists were effectively locked out of Antarctica until 1956. Women now comprise 60 per cent of early career Antarctic researchers, but account for only about 10 per cent of relevant awards, prizes and plenaries at scientific conferences. University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences ecologist and Antarctic researcher Dr Justine Shaw is determined to highlight the roles of Antarctica's scientific women. She is one of the organisers of a global " Wikibomb " that will see numerous referenced biographies submitted to Wikipedia over the next month. "The aim is to tell the world about the many great and generally under-recognised female Antarctic research role models," Dr Shaw said. "The Wikibomb will add the profiles of about 100 leading female scientists from 30 countries, including at least 15 Australian researchers.
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