The work of photographer Ansel

194 1 in the summer of, "KDSP" sailed to the west coast of Greenland, Effie M. morrissey crossed a narrow fjord and broke down near Habu town in Julien. The American warship looked fragile and was shot down next to the impressive American Coast Guard ships Bowdoin and Comanche. This is a dangerous moment. Just eight weeks ago, a British cargo ship was sunk by a German U-submarine torpedo in the south of Cape Farewell. As new members of the Atlantic Fleet Greenland Patrol, Bowden and Comanche were responsible for preventing the Germans from establishing bases in Greenland and providing important support to the Allies.

When the passengers in morrissey disembarked, the residents of the town gathered on the shore. Commander Macmillan of Bowden hurried forward to meet the person in charge. To everyone's surprise, this * * * is not a totally embarassed naval soldier. Instead, a dignified and well-dressed California woman climbed out of the rowing boat and strode towards him.

Louise Anna Boyd is the world's leading female Arctic explorer and geographer. By then, she had organized, funded and led six sea expeditions to East Greenland, Franz Joseph, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen. She has won the honor of five countries, and her scientific achievements and bold achievements have won headlines and global reputation. A month ago, many reporters reported that Louis A Boyd's expedition set out from Washington to Greenland in 194 1. However, after the morrissey docked, many local residents wanted to know what this outspoken and unusual woman was doing with a senior officer engaged in war affairs. The American Rich Woman: The Life of Louise Anna Boyd is the first biography that comprehensively introduces the brave American socialite Louise Anna Boyd and reinvents herself as the most outstanding female polar explorer in the 20th century. Boyd is carrying out a secret mission for the United States under the guise of an explorer, looking for possible military landing sites and investigating the improvement of radio communication in this area. Even the captain and crew of her own ship don't know the real purpose of this expedition.

Boyd's rich technical knowledge of Greenland and her work as an American military adviser will make her a valuable asset in the allied battle. However, despite all her efforts and services for the country, she is basically forgotten, not only because historians prefer to consider her male colleagues' plays that are greater than life. Her focus on publishing articles in scientific journals, rather than catering to the sensational whims of the public, has won her some praise. 194 1 year, her missions in the west coast of Greenland and the eastern Arctic of Canada were Boyd's seventh and last expedition. Like her previous voyages, she broke through the boundaries of geographical knowledge and began a dangerous journey. Boyd also introduced promising young scientists to participate in important polar research. Exploring the seascape of the Arctic, the vast ice floes, the wooden boats swaying rhythmically in the rough waves, and the soothing loneliness in the north deeply resonated with Boyd, which determined who she was and what she did.

"Far north, hidden behind a thick ice floe barrier," she wrote in 1935, "Ford area in East Greenland". "A huge imaginary hinged door on the horizon seems to be guarding these lands. Slowly, the door opened and a man walked into another world. In this vast desolate mountains, streams and glaciers, people are insignificant.

But her life wasn't always like this. 1887 Born in California, a gold digger made a lot of money. Louise Arnboy is the mother of a lover in Rochester. She grew up in an elegant mansion in san rafael, California. When she was a child, she was fascinated by the story of polar exploration in real life, but when she grew up, she expected to get married and have children. Like her mother, Boyd has become a celebrity and philanthropist active in community work.

But her life has changed unexpectedly. Her brother died young; Her parents will not live to old age. By the time she was in her early thirties, she had lost her whole family and inherited a large fortune. Unmarried and childless, she followed her dream of going north.

Her first trip to the Arctic Ocean was touching, and she came back a few years later. This second voyage was just a pleasant trip, but she chose Franz Josef Island as her destination, which is, now, one of the most remote and heartless places on earth. After returning to California, Boyd knew that her future was related to the North. However, fate turned her into an explorer.

Boyd planned her first full-scale expedition and arrived in Tromso, a distant city in northern Norway, in the summer of 1928, ready to set sail. To her shock, Roald Amundsen, the iconic explorer, the conqueror of Antarctica, the first person who successfully crossed the Northwest Passage, disappeared during the flight to rescue another explorer. In order to find Amundsen and his French crew, ships and planes from six European countries carried out a desperate task.

Boyd lost no time in handing over the goods and services of the ship and crew she rented to the rescue work of * * *. But once Boyd tries to catch it, Norway couldn't wait to accept her proposal, and she finally became an indispensable member of the Amundsen rescue team. Only the most experienced and highest-ranking explorers, pilots and generals were elected as leaders of this dangerous cause, and women received no allowance. Despite Boyd's lack of professional knowledge and suspicion of male explorers, she shouldered her responsibilities energetically. Joanna Kafalov. Unfortunately, Amundsen was never discovered, but at the end of that decisive summer, Boyd won Norwegian and French prizes for his courage and perseverance. As an Arctic explorer, she found her purpose in life.

Since then, I have started a double life. At home in the United States, she is an elegant hostess, a generous donor and a beloved member of California's upper class. When sailing on the high seas, she showed a different heroic identity.

How did a man become an explorer? She has no formal education. She dropped out of school when she was a teenager, and her outdoor professional knowledge was limited, leaving no family to give her advice. Instead, she uses her charm and social skills to decide who can help her. She is fully capable of choosing the right scientist for the job. Her expedition members include geologist and famous mountaineer Noel odell, who is the only survivor of the 1924 British Everest expedition. She learns things quickly, too. She sought experts in her field of interest, including photographer ansel adams and botanist Alice Eastwood of California Academy of Sciences, to teach her what she needed to know.

In 1930s and 1940s, Boyd's skills and abilities grew with the growth of explorers. Unlike her male colleagues, she is not interested in conquering territory or being the "first". On the contrary, as a self-taught geographer, she was awarded the Cullen Geography Medal in 1938 (only the second woman won the medal), and Boyd focused on making contributions to science.

She left a large number of photos of Greenland, which are currently used by glaciologists to track the climate change of Greenland glaciers. She is a pioneer in using copper.