Agnieszka Fryckowska

Agnieszka Fryckowska is a New Zealand meteorologist and Antarctic base manager who has worked with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Fryckowska has spent five winters in Antarctica. She is a recipient of the Polar Medal. Biography Fryckowska's parents are Polish and she was born in Auckland. Fryckowska first became interested in working in Antarctica when she had a lecturer at Otago University who visited the Antarctic yearly. At Otago, she earned a Bachelor of Science in 1995 and then a diploma in science in 1996. The title of her postgraduate diploma thesis was The Impact of Large Organic Debris Jams on Stream Morphology: A Reconnaissance Survey of Montane Streams in South Westland. She earned her master's degree from Cranfield University.