女性初の南極越冬隊長　極地研の江尻准教授、来年秋出発

　南極地域観測統合推進本部の総会が２８日、文部科学省で開かれ、国立極地研究所の江尻省准教授（５１）が第６７次観測隊の副隊長兼越冬隊長に決まった。女性の越冬隊長は初めて。来年秋に出発し、２０２７年春に帰国する予定。
　江尻さんの専門は超高層大気科学。京都市に生まれ、静岡大を卒業して名古屋大大学院で博士号取得。国立環境研究所や米ユタ州立大、京都大生存圏研究所を経て０９年に極地研に入った。５１次夏隊員と５８次越冬隊員を経験している。
　江尻さんは総会後、「非常に重い任務と感じており、国内からの支援を受けつつ頑張っていきたい。ようやく南極観測も越冬に至るまで、（男女の別なく隊長を務める）そういう時代になった」と話した。（2024/10/28-19:43）

Mitsumu Ejiri, assistant professor at Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, has been appointed the first female leader of the wintering team of a Japanese Antarctic research expedition.
   Ejiri, 51, will lead the wintering team of the 67th expedition and also serve as deputy head of the expedition. The wintering team is slated to leave for Antarctica in autumn next year and return to Japan in spring 2027.
   The appointment was decided Monday at a general meeting of the integrated headquarters for the promotion of Japan's Antarctic research.
   A native of Kyoto, western Japan, Ejiri specializes in upper atmospheric science. After graduating from Shizuoka University, she obtained a doctorate at Nagoya University.
   She joined the National Institute of Polar Research in 2009 after working at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Utah State University in the United States and Kyoto University's Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere.