She emigrated to New Zealand as a refugee[1][3] in 1949, after the war, where she completed a MSc Degree in Physics in 1952 at Victoria University of Wellington.
[6] Her work contributed substantially towards the discovery of the "hole in the ozone layer" which changed the world's behavior towards pollution forever.
[1] Farkas was the first Hungarian woman and also the first female New Zealand MetService staff member to set foot in Antarctica in 1975.
[4] Her World War II diaries form the basis of a book titled The Farkas Files.
[1] Edith donated a number of personal belongings and other objects connected to her career to the Hungarian Geographical Museum, including some rock samples from Antarctica, photographs, publications and the original copy of her novel on her stay in the southernmost continent.