Colin Bull (1928–2010)
Autor(a) de Innocents in the Arctic: The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition
About the Author
Dr Colin Bull, geophysicist, glaciologist and cook, was a senior lecturer in physics at Victoria University at the time of this first university Antarctic expedition. He later became Director of the Institute of Polar Studies at The Ohio State University, 1965-69, when he sent the first women mostrar mais scientists to Antarctica. Since retiring as Dean of the College of Math and Physical Sciences he has co-edited a biography of Sir Charles Wright, for whom he named Wright Valley, this first research area, and has written Innocents in the Arctic (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2005), an account of his first polar expedition. Bull Pass is one of four significant features named for the expedition members at the time. Bull Lake, two kilometres broad and fully ten centimetres deep in places, was named for him by his students when he became Dean. mostrar menos
Image credit: Colin Bull in the 1950s [credit: United States Antarctic Program]
Obras por Colin Bull
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Bull, Colin Bruce Bradley
- Data de nascimento
- 1928-06-13
- Data de falecimento
- 2010-09-07
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK (birth)
New Zealand - Local de nascimento
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Birmingham, England, UK
Wellington, New Zealand
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA - Educação
- University of Birmingham
- Ocupações
- geophysicist
glaciologist
meteorologist
polar scientist - Organizações
- Victoria University of Wellington
Ohio State University - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Bull Pass in Antarctica named in his honor
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 20
- Popularidade
- #589,235
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- ISBN
- 6