# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lois-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:39.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lois-jones"
name: "Lois Jones"
slug: "lois-jones"
description: "Lois M. Jones was an American geochemist who led the first all-woman science team to Antarctica in 1969. They were also the first women to reach the South Pole. Jones was well regarded for her contribution to geological research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the few ice-free areas of Antarctica, and published many papers and abstracts."
tagline: "American geochemist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Lois_Jones_Ohio_Antarctic_expedition_leader.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935"
deathDate: "2000-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.6
  momentum:             2.304597701149425
  historical:           5.870050666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Jones_(cient%C3%ADfica)"
    title: "Lois Jones (científica)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9)"
    title: "لويس جونز (عالمة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Jones_(scientist)"
    title: "Lois Jones (scientist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%97%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Лоїс Джонс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Jones"
    title: "Lois Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Jones_(ilmuwan)"
    title: "Lois Jones (ilmuwan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24844437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump