Charles W. Thomas (1903-1973)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Reed, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Buoys; Fast ice; Ice forecasting; Mathematical models; Movement; Sea ice; M'Clure Strait; N.W.T; Parry Channel; N.W.T./Nunavut; Viscount Melville Sound; Antarctic; Arctic; Argentina; Bering Sea; Byrd; Greenland; Hawthorne; Jan Mayen; Melville Sound; Nunavut; Parry; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Ushuaia; Antarc*; Arctic Basin; Icebreaker; Jan Mayen Island; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65910

Rear Admiral Charles W. Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) was born in Pasadena, California in 1903. On 3 March 1973 he and his wife were struck down and killed by a speeding car in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, while they were attempting to walk across the street. Admiral Thomas was well known in po...