Martin A. Pomerantz
Martin Arthur Pomerantz (December 17, 1916 – October 26, 2008) was an American physicist who served as director of the
Bartol Research Institute and who had been a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy. When the astronomical observatory at the United States
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station was opened in 1995, it was named the Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory (MAPO) in his honor. Pomerantz published his scientific autobiography, ''Astronomy on Ice'', in 2004.
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