Chapter 6. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and the Quereau Glacier
On September 20, 1898, during the second Wellman polar expedition, Wellman’s second-in-command, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, gave the name ‘Quereau’ to a glacier on the west coast of Wilczek Land. There is no direct evidence, as of this writing, that can be found on why he described this feature as a ‘Que...
Published in: | Septentrio Conference Series |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3583 https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3583 |
Summary: | On September 20, 1898, during the second Wellman polar expedition, Wellman’s second-in-command, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, gave the name ‘Quereau’ to a glacier on the west coast of Wilczek Land. There is no direct evidence, as of this writing, that can be found on why he described this feature as a ‘Querean’ glacier. However, there is indirect evidence supporting the notion that he named the glacier after a geology professor, Edmund Chase Quereau. |
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