Lidiya Ponomarenko is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Lidiya Ponomarenko as Ukrainian local historian, cartographer (1922-2013).
Lidiya Ponomarenko was born at Kypuche in 1922. Her recorded nationality is Soviet Union.
The heroic age of polar exploration pushed men and dogs to the limits of endurance for objectives that were as symbolic as they were geographic.
She is recorded as local historian, topographer and surveyor.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Lidiya Ponomarenko died in 2013, aged 91. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as local historian, topographer and surveyor
