Charles R. Bentley Explained

Charles Raymond Bentley (December 23, 1929  - August 19, 2017) was an American glaciologist and geophysicist, born in Rochester, New York. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Mount Bentley and the Bentley Subglacial Trench in Antarctica are named after him.^[1] In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including Mario Giovinetto set out on an expedition across West Antarctica in tracked vehicles to make the first measurements of the ice sheet.^{[2] [3]}

He was awarded the Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society in 1990.^[4] He died on August 19, 2017, at the age of 87 in Oakland, California.^[5]

External links

• Oral History interview transcript for Charles R. Bentley on 6 August 2008, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives - Session I
• Oral History interview transcript for Charles R. Bentley on 7 August 2008, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives - Session II

Notes and References

1. http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=_A&adm1=05&loc=20000987 Bentley Subglacial Trench
2. Web site: Rejcek . Peter . Science hits the road . POLAR-PALOOZA brings polar research and issues to the public with traveling show . The Antarctic Sun . December 20, 2007 . 2008-01-13.
3. Web site: Charles R. Bentley, 87, Pioneer of Polar Science, Is Dead. William. Grimes. 25 August 2017. 27 August 2017. NYTimes.com.
4. Web site: The Seligman Crystal. International Glaciological Society. 30 November 2016.
5. Web site: Charles Bentley death . Anandakrishnan . Sridhar . CRYOLIST . 2017-08-22 . 2017-08-23 . 2021-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210715024033/http://lists.cryolist.org/pipermail/cryolist-cryolist.org/2017-August/002068.html . dead .