Terence James Elkins

Terence James Elkins

Terence James Elkins is an ionospheric physicist who was stationed with ANARE (which has since been renamed the Australian Antarctic Program) in East Antarctica in 1960. That year, he was part of a mission from Mawson Station, led by fellow Antarctic explorer Sydney Kirkby, which succeeded in conducting the first surveys of the Napier Mountains in Enderby Land, East Antarctica. The highest of this small group of mountains, Mount Elkins, was subsequently named after Terence James Elkins.

Dr. Elkins holds a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy from Boston University. After more than 20 years in research and development for the United States Air Force, he joined the private sector, where he remained engaged in research for another 25 years.


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