Frances Phipps
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Frances Phipps
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Frances Phipps was a Canadian, and the first woman who reached the North Pole. Phipps grew up in Ottawa, Ontario as Frances Coolin. She was married to the Canadian bush pilot "Weldy" Welland Phipps, who had been her flight instructor, and the couple had nine children. Along with her husband, she founded Atlas Aviation in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, which was at the time the most northerly charter air service in Canada. The Phipps couple flew together to the North Pole in a Twin Otter ski plane to the
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Canadian explorer
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2024-02-17T21:08:54Z
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