R. C. Wallace (1881-1955)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Legget, R.F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1955
• Subjects: Archaeology; Alpine tundra ecology; Design and construction; History; Human migration; Icebreakers; Research; Research stations; Size; Ship propulsion systems; Ship steering systems; Tundra ecology; Qeqertarsuaq region; Greenland; Greenland waters; Kamchatka; Poluostrov; Russian Federation; Alaska; Arctic; Canada; Qeqertarsuaq; Arctic Institute of North America; The Arctic Institute; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66856

By the death of Dr. Robert Charles Wallace on 30 January 1955, the Arctic Institute of North America lost more than its Executive Director. The staff and the Governors lost a warm friend. The north lost one who knew it well and who had served it faithfully in a variety of ways during his forty-five...