Meher Moos became the first Indian woman to go to Antarctica.
Born and brought up in Maharashtra, Meher did her schooling from St. Joseph’s Convent in Panchgani. After that, she completed her BA (Hons.) from Sophia College, followed by LLB from the Government Law College in Bombay (now Mumbai). In 1965, at the young age of 21, she joined Air India as an air hostess.
The list of unusual and exotic places Meher has been to in the world is staggeringly long: most of the mountain chains of the world, Andes, Sierra Nevada, the Rockies, the Alps, Atlas, Himalayas; the remotest islands of Indonesia, Melanesia and Polynesia; across all oceans and several rivers, the Amazon, Congo, Zambesi, Mississippi, Yangtse, Ganges; to all the Gulf countries and the Middle East; across the International Dateline in Tonga; and, up to the shores of Easter Island.
Somehow, Meher managed to get this done but the plane that was meant to take her to Madagascar (where the expedition would begin) developed a hydraulic leak. She had to change her plans yet again and eventually caught up with the ship at Cape Town to begin a journey she would never forget.
And, thus, Meher Moos became the first Indian woman to go to Antarctica.
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