Agnieszka Fryckowska is a

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meteorologist and

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base manager who has worked with the

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(BAS). Fryckowska has spent five winters in Antarctica. She is currently training to be a pilot in

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. She is a recipient of the

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Biography

Fryckowska's parents are Polish and she was born in

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. Fryckowska first became interested in working in Antarctica when she had a lecturer at

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who visited the Antarctic yearly. At Otago, she earned a Bachelor of Science in 1995 and then a diploma in science in 1996. The title of her postgraduate diploma thesis was ''The Impact of Large Organic Debris Jams on Stream Morphology: A Reconnaissance Survey of Montane Streams in South Westland''. She earned her master's degree from

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. Fryckowska joined the

(BAS) in 2004 and started as a

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. She worked there for 34 months. In 2007, she became the Winter Station Leader for Halley V. In 2008, she served as the Summer Station Leader for

Rothera The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory. ...

. Fryckowska was the station leader of Halley VI in Antarctica in 2012. She continued to work as the Winter Station Leader for Halley VI until 2015. Fryckowska was awarded the

in April 2016.

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British Antarctic Surveys New Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf
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