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Virginia Frances, Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (née Pepper; 9 July 1947 – 20 February 2004), known as Ginny Fiennes, was an English explorer.
1. Okt. 2021 · Learn about the life and achievements of Virginia Fiennes, the first woman to join the Antarctic Club and the first woman to receive the Polar medal. She was the base leader, radio operator and organiser of many polar expeditions, including the Transglobe expedition that crossed Antarctica and the Arctic ocean.
25. Feb. 2004 · Ginny married army officer and adventurer Ranulph Fiennes in 1970. It was she who came up with the idea of a voyage around the world across both poles using only surface transport.
- The Herald Staff
22. Feb. 2004 · The wife of the explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has died after a short illness. Virginia Fiennes, 56, known as Ginny, died in hospital in Exeter on Friday with her husband by her bedside. The...
Ginny Fiennes – Founder / Organiser / Polar Base Leader / plus i/c all Communications. Ginny was born in Godalming in 1947 and spent all her youth in West Sussex. Educated (after a fashion) in Hastings and Eastbourne.
24. Aug. 2019 · Forty years ago, a group of explorers – led by 'mad but marvellous' Sir Ranulph Fiennes and masterminded by his wife, Ginny – set out to be the first to achieve a circumpolar navigation, sent...
26. Nov. 2023 · Fiennes’ many phenomenal and onerous adventures have inspired generations of explorers after him, and leave him named ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’ by the Guinness Book of World ...
