Interview of Carl S. Benson by Karen Nichols Brewster

• Main Author: Benson, Carl S.
• Other Authors: Brewster, Karen Nichols
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; SIPRE (Snow; Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment; Thule Air Base; Central Sierra Snow Laboratory; Greenland Traverse; 1955; McCall Glacier; Greenland Ice Sheet; Arctic exploration > Interviews; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) > Interviews; University of Alaska; Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute; Benson; Carl S. > Interviews; Arctic; Brewster; Byrd; Fairbanks; Fridtjof; Gerd; Gerdel; Greenland; Gunter; Hubley; McCall; Rasmussen; Sturm; Washburn; Weller; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Fridtjof Nansen; glacier; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; Thule Air; Thule; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6050

Bob (Robert P.) Sharp, pp. 2-3, 10, 15, 41, 46, 52 George Gryc, pp. 3 Irv Tollier, pp. 3 Bud Kent, pp.3 Mike Kunz, pp. 3 Robert Gerdel, pp. 5, 52 Henry Bader, pp. 5-6, 15, 29, 52 Don Shaw, pp. 6-7 Dick Reagle, pp. 8-9, 15 Bill Perkins, pp. 10 Sam Eptein, pp. 10 Mark Quanastock, pp. 12 Jim Holston, pp. 14 George Wallerstin, pp. 15 Chris Elvey, pp. 19, 54-55 Troy Payway, pp. 19 Matthew Sturm, pp. 21, 23, 54 Terrence Moore, pp. 21 Fred Mylon, pp. 22 Bucky Wilson, pp. 22 Bob Elsner, pp. 22 Roman Motika, pp. 22, 54 Bob Black, pp. 22 Sue Ann Boling, pp. 24-25 Mario Giovanetto, pp. 25 Bert Crary, pp. 27 Larry Gould, pp. 27, 46 Will Harrison, pp. 27, 54 Keith Echelmeyer, pp. 27, 43-44, 54 John McCall, pp. 43 Dick Hubley, pp. 43 Gerd Windler, pp. 43 Gunter Weller, pp. 43, 54 Irving Freedman, pp. 44 ______Norton, pp. 45 Link Washburn, pp. 46 Bob Detterman, pp. 47 Joe Weinberg, pp. 52-53 Frank Oppenheimer, pp. 52-53 Ernie Loughgrin, pp. 53 Dennis Trabant, pp. 54 Bill Wilson, pp. 54-55 Sidney Chapman, pp. 54-55 Keith Mather, pp. 55 Ed Berg, pp. 55 Jack Wilson, pp. 56-57 Sam Scott, pp. 57 Fridtjof Nansen, pp. 60 Knud Rasmussen, pp. 60 Claus Naske, pp. 62 The media can be accessed at the links below. Audio Part 1: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Carl_Benson_1.mp3 Audio Part 2: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Carl_Benson_2.mp3 Audio Part 3: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Carl_Benson_3.mp3 Dr. Carl Benson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23, 1927 to Swedish immigrant parents. In 1944 Dr. Benson joined the Navy, where he served as an aviation machinist's mate until September 1946, at which point he began college at the University of Minnesota. He majored in geology and minored in mathematics and physics. One of Benson's mentors at this time was Robert P. Sharp, who eventually went on to become the Director of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Cal Tech. He was influential in Benson's work in Greenland. Benson ...