Diana Patterson OAM (born c.1951) was the first woman to be in charge of an Australian Antarctic Station.
[3][4][5][6] After she retired Patterson would guide Antarctic tourists including a visit to Mawson Station.
[3] Twenty years after her leadership, Patterson took the hint of tourists who told her she should write a book.
She shared a cabin on a trip with a person who ensured that she started, The Ice Beneath My Feet: My Year In Antarctica.
[8] In 2019 Patterson graduated from Monash University with a PhD, titled "Humans and canines on the frozen continent: An examination of the relationship between explorers of the heroic era of Antarctica and their sledge dogs".