Claude Lorius

Claude Lorius
Born	1932
Nationality	French
Scientific career
Fields	glaciologist

[1][2] Lorius (born 1932) is a French glaciologist. He is director emeritus of research at CNRS. He was the director of the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement in Grenoble from 1983 to 1988.

He has taken part in more than 20 polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, and has helped organise many international collaborations, notably the Vostok Station ice core. He was instrumental in the discovery and interpretation of the palaeo-atmosphere information within ice cores.

Awards

• commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, 2009
• Blue Planet Prize, 2008
• Vernadsky medal of the EGU, 2006 [3]
• CNRS Gold Medal, 2002
• Balzan Prize 2001 for climatology
• Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1996
• officer of the Légion d'honneur, 1998
• member of the French Academy of Sciences, 1994
• Italgas Prize, 1994
• Belgica Medal, 1989
• Humboldt Prize, 1988
• Bower Medal and Prize, Franklin Institute, 2017, 2017

Bibliography

• Imbert, Bertrand; Lorius, Claude (2007). Le grand défi des pôles. Collection "Découvertes Gallimard" (in French). Vol. 15 (Revised ed.). Paris: Éditions Gallimard. (originally released in 1987 written by Bertrand Imbert, Claude Lorius is the co-author of the revised edition released in 2007)
  • U.S. edition – Imbert, Bertrand (1992). North Pole, South Pole: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth. "Abrams Discoveries" series. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
  • UK edition – Imbert, Bertrand (1992). North Pole, South Pole: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth. 'New Horizons' series. London: Thames & Hudson.
• The white planet : the evolution and future of our frozen world. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2012. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

See also

• Ice and the Sky, a documentary film about Lorius' work in Antarctica

External links

• - biography in French or English
• Claude Lorius International Balzan Prize Foundation