Jean Alt
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Jean ALT | |
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Born | 8 August 1921 Paris, France |
Died | 22 July 1991 Savigny-sur-Orge, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Scientist, Meteorologist, Polar explorer |
Known for | Alt Glacier |
Children | 4 |
Jean Alt (8 August 1921 – 22 July 1991) was a French scientist and meteorologist. He was born in Paris.
International Geophysical Year (57-58)
Alt was a scientist of the IGY. He took part in the American mission Deep Freeze III in Little America V (an Antarctica base) during the winter of 1958. He stayed 16 months in Antarctica.
He was part of the little America V team in the same period that Albert P. Crary
Later the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave his name to a glacier: the Alt Glacier
Bibliography
- Alt, Jean; Astapenko, P.; Ropar, Nicholas J. (1959). Some Aspects of the Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation in 1958. IGY World Data Center, National Academy of Sciences.
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