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Meet ISRO’s First Woman Scientist Who’s Returned After Spending Over A Year In Antarctica 



A true embodiment of determination and firm resolution, 56-year-old Mangala Mani is ISRO's first woman scientist to spent over a year, 403 days to be exact, in freezing temperatures of Antarctica.
Speaking to the English daily, Mani said, “The Antarctica mission was really a challenge. The climate there was very harsh. We were very careful while going out of our climate-controlled research station. One had to wear polar clothing. Even 2 or 3 hours out in the severe cold was too much and one had to come back immediately for a warm-up.”
 For 56-year old Mangala Mani, a woman scientist from Indian Space Research Organisation has become the first one to spend over a year in the winter wonderland Antartica, which does not really see habitat. The place covered in snow throughout and where temperatures can slide to -90 degrees, living is unimaginable but this 56-year old did it. She was a part fo the 23-member team which went to the icy continent's India’s research station, Bharati in November 2016. Mangala was the only woman in the all-men team. She is the symbol of the Nari Shakti we are seeking.