Tatiana Pronchishcheva
Russian explorer
Tatiana Fyodorovna Pronchishcheva (Russian: Татьяна Фёдоровна Прончищева) ; before 1713 – 23 September [O.S. 12 September] 1736), also mistakenly known as Maria Pronchishcheva (Russian: Мария Прончищева), was a Russian explorer. She is considered the first female polar explorer.
Life
Tatiana Kondyreva was born in Beryozovo near Aleksin in the family of Fyodor Stepanovich Kondyrev. In 1721, her family moved to Kronstadt, where Tatiana met Vasili Pronchishchev. They married in May 1733. Soon Tatiana joined her husband in the Great Northern Expedition.
In 1735, Pronchishcheva and her husband Vasili Pronchishchev went down the Lena River from Yakutsk on Vasili's sloop Yakutsk, doubled its delta, and stopped for wintering at the mouth of the Olenyok River. Many members of the crew fell ill and died, mainly owing to scurvy. Despite the difficulties, in 1736, they reached the eastern shore of the Taymyr Peninsula and went north along its coastline. However, Pronchishcheva and her husband succumbed to scurvy and died on the way back.
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