American Polar Society

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

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

1. Malcolm Wilde Browne (December 7, 1988). "August Howard, 78, Organizer Of a Society for Polar Explorers". The New York Times . Retrieved 2011-11-02.
2. "American Polar Society" . Retrieved 2011-11-02.
3. "American Polar Society". Ohio State University. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
4. "August Howard" . Retrieved November 7, 2011.
5. "American Polar Society" . Retrieved November 2, 2011.
6. "August Howard, 78, Organizer of a Society for Polar Explorers". New York Times . December 7, 1988. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
7. Honorary Members. American Polar Society. 1993. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
8. "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.
9. "Byrd Honored". The Christian Science Monitor . October 26, 1938. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
10. "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.
11. "Commander Ellsworth Honored". The New York Times. November 30, 1944. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
12. "Woman Is Honored For Arctic Ventures". The New York Times. June 7, 1959. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
13. Sullivan, Patricia (2009-08-18). "Obituary: Edith 'Jackie' Ronne, First U.S. Woman on Antarctica". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286.

External links

• Official website
• 1982 scanned copy