Weston Blake Jr. (1930 – 2021)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19647675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Frisch (0000-0003-2840-5168, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-105 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic72266 |
| OpenAlex | W3137823500 |
| Language | EN |
With the death in Ottawa on 10 January 2021 of Weston Blake Jr., Arctic Quaternary science lost one of its leading practitioners, an internationally-known figure with more than 50 field seasons in Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Svalbard to his credit.Wes was born 26 February 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Weston Blake Sr. and Helen (née Warbasse).Wes grew up in a family of ardent skiers, and a love of the outdoors was instilled in him early.A taste for the Arctic came later, during undergraduate studies in geology at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (A.B.1951
Astrobiology · Biology · Environmental ethics · Climate change and permafrost · Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies · Geological Studies and Exploration · Geology · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |