Complex sentence: Dorothy Pearl Braxton (née Mason; 1 August 1927-3 September 2014) was the first female journalist from New Zealand to visit Antarctica when in February 1968, she travelled on the "Magga Dan" to the Ross Sea.
Split into simpler sentences: Dorothy Pearl Braxton (née Mason; 1 August 1927-3 September 2014) was the first female journalist from New Zealand to visit Antarctica. In February 1968, she travelled on the "Magga Dan" to the Ross Sea.