Crary Lab Sign - McMurdo Base

ALBERT P. CRARY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER

dedicated 4 November 1991

Albert P. Crary, 1911 - 1987

Pioneer in polar geophysics and glaciology, skilled and admired administrator of polar research expeditions, the first person to set foot on both poles. 1952-1955 - chief scientist for arctic ice island T - 3. 1955 - established U.S. glaciology headquarters for the International Geophysical Year. 1957 - deputy leader of United States science during the International Geophysical Year and science leader at Little America, Antarctica. 1960 - 1968 - chief scientist United States Antarctic research Program. 1969 - 1976 - deputy, then director, Divisions of Environmental Sciences, National Science Foundation.

Picture courtesy of Mike Usher - Mike went on a Ross Sea expedition on board the Kapitan Khlebnikov in 2005.
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