Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger
The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Geophysicist Charles...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/36735 2023-05-15T13:37:31+02:00 Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger Bentley, Charles R. Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941- 2009-04-23T17:46:00Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36735 en eng Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2 audio tapes available in the OSU Archives Antarctic Deep Freeze Oral History Project Record Group Number: 56.26 SPEC.RG.56.26 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36735 Restrictions: This item is not restricted. Geophysicists -- Arctic regions -- Interviews Operation Deep Freeze Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Interviews Bentley Charles R. -- Interviews Transcript 2009 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:18:47Z The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Geophysicist Charles Bentley led a pre-IGY over-snow traverse in the summer of 1956-57 along the newly blazed tractor-train route from Little America V to the not-yet-built inland Byrd Station. Taking seismic measurements en route, the group concluded to their surprise that much of the land beneath the ice sheet lay below sea level. Bentley wintered over at Byrd in 1957 to prepare for the coming summer's traverse, to continue mapping the West Antarctic ice sheet. Excited by the work and unsure that he would ever have such an opportunity again, he signed on for a second year to repeat the entire sequence. Later he led three more traverse expeditions, spent eighteen seasons on the ice, and served as a member and leader of the National Research Council’s Polar Research Board, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, and SCAR’s Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic (GLOCHANT). National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Ice Sheet Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Antarctic Arctic Byrd Byrd Station ENVELOPE(-119.533,-119.533,-80.017,-80.017) Little America ENVELOPE(-164.050,-164.050,-78.667,-78.667) Little America V ENVELOPE(-162.367,-162.367,-78.317,-78.317) The Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. The original paper copies and unaltered tapes have been deposited in the library of the National Science Foundation. Geophysicist Charles Bentley led a pre-IGY over-snow traverse in the summer of 1956-57 along the newly blazed tractor-train route from Little America V to the not-yet-built inland Byrd Station. Taking seismic measurements en route, the group concluded to their surprise that much of the land beneath the ice sheet lay below sea level. Bentley wintered over at Byrd in 1957 to prepare for the coming summer's traverse, to continue mapping the West Antarctic ice sheet. Excited by the work and unsure that he would ever have such an opportunity again, he signed on for a second year to repeat the entire sequence. Later he led three more traverse expeditions, spent eighteen seasons on the ice, and served as a member and leader of the National Research Council’s Polar Research Board, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, and SCAR’s Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic (GLOCHANT). National Science Foundation Antarctic Deep Freeze Association |
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Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger |
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Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger |
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Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger |
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Interview of Charles R. Bentley by Dian O. Belanger |
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interview of charles r. bentley by dian o. belanger |
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2 audio tapes available in the OSU Archives Antarctic Deep Freeze Oral History Project Record Group Number: 56.26 SPEC.RG.56.26 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36735 |
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