American Polar Society
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The American Polar Society was founded in 1934 by August Howard.[1][2][3]
The Polar Times is the publication of the American Polar Society.[4][5] It was first published by August Howard in 1935.[6] In 1946 the Polar Times Glacier was named in honor of the publication.
Honorary members
[edit]Starting in 1936 the following explorers, arctic scientists and geographers have been honored:[2][7]
- David Legge Brainard (1936). He was the first to receive an honorary membership.[8]
- Richard Evelyn Byrd (1938).[9]
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1940).[10]
- Lincoln Ellsworth (1944).[11]
- Frank Debenham (1949). He died in 1965.
- Paul Allman Siple (1957). He died in 1968.
- Louise Arner Boyd (1959).[12]
- Finn Ronne (1960). He died in 1980.
- Jackie Ronne. She died in 2009.[13]
- Bernt Balchen (1966)
- Laurence McKinley Gould (1969)
- Thomas Charles Poulter (1973)
- Richard B. Black (1979). He died in 1992.
- Norman Dane Vaughan (1980)
- Lincoln A. Washburn (1981)
- Charles F. Passel (1982)
- Thomas H. Manning (1983)
- Conrad Shinn (1984)
- Graham Westbrook Rowley (1985)
- Waldo Kampmeier Lyon (1986)
- William Robert Anderson (1987)
- Joseph Otis Fletcher (1988)
- Norbert Untersteiner (1989)
- Max C. Brewer (1990)
- James Francis Calvert (1991)
- Martin Arthur Pomerantz (1992)
- James R. Reedy (1993)
- Beaumont Buck (1994)
- David C. Nutt (1995)
- Charles R. Bentley (1996)
- Wilford Frank Weeks (1997). He was born in 1929.
- Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak (1998)
- Robert Hoxie Rutford (1998)
- Anthony J. Gow (2004)
- James Van Allen (2006)
- Susan Solomon (2013)
References
[edit]- ^ Malcolm Wilde Browne (December 7, 1988). "August Howard, 78, Organizer Of a Society for Polar Explorers". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ a b "American Polar Society". Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "American Polar Society". Ohio State University. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "August Howard". Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ "American Polar Society". Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ "August Howard, 78, Organizer of a Society for Polar Explorers". New York Times. December 7, 1988. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ Honorary Members. American Polar Society. 1993. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Gen. Brainard Honored. Last Survivor of Greely Expedition Enrolled in Polar Society at 80". The New York Times. December 22, 1936. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Byrd Honored". The Christian Science Monitor. October 26, 1938. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Stefansson Receives Honor By American Polar Society". The Christian Science Monitor. February 5, 1940. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Commander Ellsworth Honored". The New York Times. November 30, 1944. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Woman Is Honored For Arctic Ventures". The New York Times. June 7, 1959. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (2009-08-18). "Obituary: Edith 'Jackie' Ronne, First U.S. Woman on Antarctica". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
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