R.J.W. Douglas Medal Award: Dr. Raymond Thorsteinsson

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Petroleum Geologists, Canadian Society of, Editors, The
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Biographies; Canoeing; Foraminifera; Geological exploration; Geology; Graptolites; Mapping; Palaeozoic era; Thorsteinsson; Raymond; Cornwallis Island waters; Nunavut; Queen Elizabeth Islands; N.W.T./Nunavut; Arctic; Cornwallis; Cornwallis Island; Arctic Institute of North America; Foraminifera*; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65423

Dr. Raymond Thorsteinsson, Fellow of The Arctic Institute of North America, was awarded the R.J.W. Douglas Medal (1982) for his many contributions to Canadian geology and in particular the geology of the High Arctic. . He began a lifelong career with the GSC in 1952. Most of the subsequent years wer...