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Ginny Fiennes

British explorer

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Lived 1947–2004, aged 57United Kingdom
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  • Era
    1947–2004
    Aged 57
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
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Updated 2026-08-17

Virginia Frances, Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Ginny Fiennes, was an English explorer. She was the first woman to be awarded the Polar Medal, and the first woman to be voted in to join the Antarctic Club in recognition of her research work for the British Antarctic Survey and University of Sheffield into very low frequency radio propagation. Her husband was adventurer Ranulph Fiennes.

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