Open AccessChapter 6. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and the Quereau Glacier
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Lanning
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
septentrio conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2387-3086
DOI - 10.7557/5.3583
Subject(s) - glacier , geology , feature (linguistics) , physical geography , oceanography , geomorphology , geography , philosophy , linguistics
On September 20, 1898, during the second Wellman polar expedition, Wellman’s second-in-command, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, gave the name ‘Quereau’ to a glacier on the west coast of Wilczek Land. There is no direct evidence, as of this writing, that can be found on why he described this feature as a ‘Querean’ glacier. However, there is indirect evidence supporting the notion that he named the glacier after a geology professor, Edmund Chase Quereau.