Roland Ernst Beschel (1928-1971)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Macpherson, A.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Beschel; Roland Ernst; 1928-1971; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Greenland; Heiberg; Juneau Icefield; Mount Allison; Roland; Yellowknife; Arctic Institute of North America; Baffin; permafrost; The Arctic Institute; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66199

A distinguished career ended suddenly on 22 January 1971, when Roland E. Beschel, Professor of Botany and Director of the Fowler Herbarium at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and a Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, died at the age of 42. As a scientist, Roland Beschel was b...