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Google Doodle are honoring famed Argentine biologist Irene Bernasconi

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Tribute to the first argentine female scientists of Antarctica

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Irene Bernasconi was born on September 29, 1896 in La Plata, Argentina

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Bernasconi was Argentina’s first echinoderm specialist

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On November 7, 1968, Irene Bernasconi became the first Argentine woman to lead a marine biology expedition in Antarctica.

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Bernasconi became a teacher in 1918, around the age of 22, specializing in natural studies

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Bernasconi published over 70 pieces of scientific research of her 50 years career.

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Irene Bernasconi passed away on July 7, 1989 in Buenos Aires, at the age of 92.