- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVirginia Frances Pepper
- Nickname
- Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
- Ginny Fiennes was born Virginia Frances Pepper in Godalming, Surrey, England on 9 July, 1947. She was a writer and explorer who worked alongside her husband Ranulph Fiennes. They appeared together in To the Ends of the Earth (1983). She was the first woman to receive the prestigious Polar Medal and the first woman to be voted in to join the Antarctic Club. In 2020, the Government of the British Antarctic Territory honored the contribution she made to "furthering the understanding, protection and management of Antarctica" by naming a mountain in her honor. She received numerous other accolades throughout her life and passed away from stomach cancer on February 20, 2004 aged 56.
- IMDb mini biography by: Benjamin May
- SpouseRanulph Fiennes(September 9, 1970 - February 20, 2004) (her death)
- Alongside her husband Ranulph Fiennes, discovered the lost city of Ubar.
- In 1972, she masterminded the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis.
- Was noted as being a highly proficient farmer, raising award winning Aberdeen Angus cattle and a flock of black Welsh Mountain sheep.
- Alongside her husband Ranulph Fiennes, she wrote the best selling book 'Bothie The Polar Dog', about their titular Jack Russell Terrier, the "only dog ever to set paw on both the South and North poles".
- In 1968, Fiennes organized the first ascent of the longest river in the world, the River Nile, by prototype hovercraft.
- I'm not the sort to throw myself on the floor and burst into tears each time he sets off on one of his expeditions. I married Ran knowing what he's like and what he does. I just keep extremely busy. And because I've been on polar expeditions with him, I can relate to what he's doing.
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