J.-B. Charcot; father of French polar research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9224948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean Malaurie (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 154 |
| Pages | 191-196 |
| Publication date | 1989-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247400010780 |
| OpenAlex | W2158979816 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Born in 1867 and trained as a doctor, Jean-Baptiste Charcot gave up a fashionable medical practice to become, in his mid-thirties, France's leading polar explorer. His two major expeditions to the peninsular sector of Antarctica and the Bellingshausen Sea (1903–05, 1908–10) resulted in many new discoveries of land and established his reputation as a leader in the fields of scientific oceanography, research and survey. After service in World War I he continued polar work with a series of ten summer expeditions to the Arctic (1926–36), in which many young explorers were trained. Lost with his ship Pourquoi Pas? in a storm off Iceland in 1936, Charcot is remembered for qualities of leadership and scientific integrity which inspire the current generation of French polar scientists
Archaeology · Arctic · Economy · Geography · Political science · Reputation · Service (business) · The arctic · World War II · Geology · History · Law · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |