WINGS -- Extraordinary Women

WINGS celebrates and supports extraordinary women explorers and promotes scientific exploration, education and conservation to inspire future generations.

iExplore! Your dream, your journey...Discover more about ethnobotany through WOD Rosita Arvigo, and more about life and science on the ice with WOD Birgit Sattler.

Follow our Flags Live in the Field!

WOD'08 Birgit Sattler takes Flag #21 down under as she researches radioactive fall-out and biomass distribution in the ice in Antarctica.

Fellow WINGS in Antarctica (and Me an honorary member!)

Flag carrier Felicity Aston takes Flag #15 to the South Pole as she leads the Kaspersky Commonwealth Expedition, comprised of 8 women from around the globe.

WOD'07 Terrie Williams brings Flag #23 on the Weddell Seals Expedition of 2009 in Antarctica, studying how the seals dive in the sustained dark of the winter.

Check out our interactive Flag Report Program--first-person reports, trip write-ups, photos, and more from around the globe!

Enjoy the Fall '09 WINGS Newsletter! Learn about the 2010 awardees, various updates from the field (and office), and a conversation with Steffi Schwabe.

Meet the WINGS Fellows. Incredible women from around the world who are making strides in a vast array of fields.

Protecting Our Water Dr. Edie Widder introduces "Kilroy," the wireless marine ecosystem monitor.

For more information on these extraordinary women: http://www.wingsworldquest.org/