Fellow of The Explorers Club, Fellow of The Geographical Society and Member of the Society of Woman Geographers, Joanna Kafarowski is currently researching for her next book about women and exploration in Greenland. She is the author of "Antarctic Pioneer The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne" published by Dundurn Press in May, 2022. This is the first biography of a female Antarctic explorer. Previously she wrote "The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame A Life of Louise Arner Boyd" published by Dundurn Press in 2017. This was the first comprehensive biography of a female Arctic explorer. The audiobooks version was published in 2021 by Blackstock Publishing. The Spanish language edition was published by Ediciones Casiopea in 2019. Joanna is an independent scholar and geographer with a passion for researching and writing about women and polar exploration. She has lectured on a cruise ship travelling to Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen Land and Svalbard; worked with Indigenous women in the Arctic and participated in a Last Degree North Pole Expedition. Joanna has a bachelor's degree in English literature, a master's degree in Geography, a doctorate in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies and a Professional Specialization Certificate in Heritage Conservation Planning.