Charles R. Bentley

Charles R. Bentley

Charles R. Bentley (born 1931, New York, New York) is an American glaciologist and geophysicist. He is 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]

References

  1. ^ Bentley Subglacial Trench. MapPlanet.
  2. ^ Rejcek, Peter (December 20, 2007). "Science hits the road". POLAR-PALOOZA brings polar research and issues to the public with traveling show. The Antarctic Sun. http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1298. Retrieved 2008-01-13.