Lawrence Edward Willey was a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations,[1] 1966–69 and 1973,[2] and awarded the Polar Medal for services to Antarctic Survey in 1976.[3] Willey Glacier was named after him.[1]
He was involved in the Cape Jeremy Affair, an incident in 1968, when he and colleagues, base commander Ali McArthur, Ian Flavell-Smith, and Shaun Norman and three dog teams set out to relieve a stranded group at Fossil Bluff following an air accident in the previous field season. This incident is described in Of Ice and Men by Sir Vivian Fuchs.[4] This has been turned into a musical piece.