The Chilean Patagonia, often nicknamed "the end of the world" is the place that Vreni Häussermann, 2016 Rolex Laureate, is making her life's work to understand, document and in the process, protect. We catch up with her 4 years on.
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Vreni Häussermann and her team analyse marine life in a dry laboratory.
A polar scientist, robotic suit engineer, and an eye specialist on a mission to save millions from going blind, are among the innumerable international innovators in history, who have won the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. Identifying and investing in exceptional pioneers around the world, the Awards program was launched in 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the world?s first waterproof wristwatch, dubbed the Oyster. Rolex has supported exceptional individuals who have the courage and conviction to take on major challenges; men and women with a spirit of enterprise, and the gumption of initiating extraordinary projects that make the world a better place. Women like scientist-explorer Vreni Häussermann.
Women of Achievement: Vreni Häussermann, 2016 Rolex Laureate and Protector of the Chilean Patagonia
Vreni Häussermann on an expedition to collect marine life from the fjord.
Chosen through a meticulous process of peer review, assessment, interview and project evaluation, short-listed candidates are awarded by an independent ...