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These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
Jane Willenbring was the first to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and assault in Antarctica. Years later, women are still coming forward with tales of horror as a government investigation unfolds.
Samantha Bee joked about it on her show Full Frontal, saying, “You can’t even go to the most remote part of the planet without some dude swinging his cold, shriveled dick your way.” It felt cathartic for Willenbring, but it also brought new challenges—starting with the death threat she found written on her office door. One night on the ship, Nash, a native Chicagoan with tattooed arms and a crest of blond hair on her close-shaved head, attended a group party that quickly devolved into a drunken bash, with the captain wearing a dress and another crew member being led around on a leash. That didn’t happen, but Ellis says he met with Nash monthly and implemented many of her other recommendations, including hiring three women to roles within the previously all-male executive team, providing menstrual health products in all bathrooms at Antarctic division offices, and improving training on sexual misconduct.
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