Elena Martinez Fontes

Elena Martínez Fontes (Buenos Aires, 12 January 1915 – 4 May 1989) was an Argentine biologist who specialized in marine invertebrates. She is known for being one of four scientists called the "Four of Melchior" (Las Cuatro de Melchior) referring to the Argentinean temporary base in Antarctica. She was there In November 1968 with the Argentineans Irene Bernasconi, a specialist in echinoderms, the bacteriologist María Adela Caría and the specialist in marine algae, Carmen Pujals. They were the first female Argentine scientists to carry out fieldwork in Antarctica. Provided by Wikipedia