Freya Stark was an English explorer, writer, and political influencer who chronicled world events, especially in the Near East, throughout the 20th century. Stark both reported on and made the news as her travels, described in her books, made her a celebrity author.
Freydis Eiríksdóttir (c. 970-c. 1004 CE) was either a great woman warrior or an evil, conniving murderess depending on which of the two stories about her one reads.
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (b. c. 970/980 CE) was among the earliest explorers of North America, according to both The Saga of the Greenlanders and Erik the Red’s Saga.
Alexandra David-Néel (l. 1868-1969) was a world traveler, writer, and Buddhist spiritualist who wrote over 30 books on her journeys which took her 18,641.136 miles (30,000 km) around the world on foot or by various conveyances.
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first woman to work on an Antarctic exploration expedition.
Bernice Goetz became famous for her expeditions into the jungles of Central and South America.
From January 1883, Barnett kept a detailed diary that recorded descriptions of her Australian tip trip including topography, vegetation, observations of frontier life, and commentary on white and Aboriginal relations.
Annie Londonderry (ca1870-1947) is known mainly for her well publicized bicycle trip in 1894-95, purportedly around the world.
Swiss explorer who lived and travelled extensively throughout North Africa.
Helen Thayer was the first woman and oldest person to make a solo journey to the magnetic North Pole. She competed internationally as a world-class discus thrower, and in 1975 became the U.S. National Champion in the ice-sledding sport luge.