Edward C. Thiel
Edward Carl Thiel (born May 4, 1928 in New York City , New York , † November 9, 1961 in Wilkesland , Antarctica ) was an American geophysicist , seismologist and polar explorer .
Life
Thiel grew up in Passaic , New Jersey, USA . He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 , where he also received his PhD in 1955 . In 1957 he got a job as a geophysicist in the Faculty of Geology . That year he did fieldwork in Alaska and became a senior seismologist at Ellsworth Station . In 1958 and 1959 he was involved in air-assisted geomagnetic measurements in Antarctica. In 1961 he accepted a professorship as a geophysicist at the University of Minnesota . With the help of a scholarship of the National Science Foundation , he returned that year back to Antarctica, where he in a November 9 plane crash near the Wilkes Station was killed. The Thiel Mountains and the Thiel Trough bear his name in his honor.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1559 (English)
Web links
- Dr. Edward Thiel. Information on the homepage of Darryn Schneider (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fatal aircraft crash at Wilkes November 9, 1961. Information on the homepage of the United States Antarctic Program , May 11, 2012 (English, accessed August 7, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiel, Edward C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiel, Edward Carl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1961 |
| Place of death | Wilkesland , Antarctica |