Charles Bentley
Charles Raymond Bentley (born December 23, 1929 in Rochester , New York - † August 19, 2017 in Oakland , California) was an American geophysicist and polar explorer . He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . The mountain Mount Bentley and the Bentley Subglazialgraben in Antarctica are named after him. In 1957 he and other researchers, including Mario Giovinetto , undertook an expedition with tracked vehicles to measure the ice density in West Antarctica for the first time .
In 1990 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 150 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terry Devitt: Charles Bentley, pioneering UW-Madison glaciologist, dies. University of Wisconsin – Madison , August 25, 2017, accessed August 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica: Antarctica in context (PDF; 9.5 MB)
- ↑ Fellows of the AAAS: Charles R. Bentley. (No longer available online.) American Association for the Advancement of Science, archived from the original on February 8, 2018 ; accessed on February 7, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Bentley, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bentley, Charles Raymond (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 2017 |
| Place of death | Oakland , California |