Lawrence E. Willey
Lawrence Edward Willey[1] was a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations,[2] 1966–69 and 1973,[3] and awarded the Polar Medal for services to Antarctic Survey in 1976.[1] Willey Glacier was named after him.[2]
He was involved in the Cape Jeremy Affair, an incident in 1968, when he and colleagues, base commander Ali McArthur, Ian Flavell-Smith, and Shaun Norman and three dog teams set out to relieve a stranded group at Fossil Bluff following an air accident in the previous field season. This incident is described in Of Ice and Men by Sir Vivian Fuchs.[4] This has been turned into a musical piece.
References
- ^ a b "In Brief", Polar Record, 18: 188–190, 1976, doi:10.1017/S003224740000019X.
- ^ a b Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica: an encyclopedia. Vol. 3. McFarland. p. 1106. ISBN 978-0-89950-598-5. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Willey Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ Fuchs, Vivian; (Sir.), Vivian Fuchs (1982). Of ice and men: the story of the British Antarctic Survey, 1943-73. A. Nelson. p. 299.