by Magnus Magnusson | Feb 15, 2017 | In Memoriam
Willy Weeks, a long time member of the IGS, a former IGS President and a Seligman crystal recipient died at the age of 88 On a cold February day in Portland likely reminiscent of the Arctic longtime IGS member and former President and Seligman Crystal recipient Willy...
by Magnus Magnusson | Oct 22, 2016 | In Memoriam
Professor Gordon Hamilton, a long time member of the IGS, died at the age of 50 Remarks presented by Christina Hulbe at the opening of the joint IGS/IASC/CliC Symposium on the Cryosphere in a Changing World in February 2017. Gordon Stuart Hamilton, Research Associate...
by Magnus Magnusson | Sep 8, 2016 | In Memoriam
Professor David N Collins of the University of Salford has died at the age of 68. 8 September 2016 Society members will be saddened to learn of the passing of Professor David Collins on 8th September 2016. David was an enthusiastic member of the Society, regularly...
by Magnus Magnusson | Feb 2, 2015 | In Memoriam
Bob Thomas, a longstanding IGS member, has died at the age of 77 Robert H. (Bob) Thomas was born 1 June 1937, in Hoylake, UK. He passed away on 2 February 2015, in Gorzow, Poland, from the effects of a stroke that he suffered in early January. He was 77. Bob is...
by Magnus Magnusson | May 28, 2014 | In Memoriam
Charles Swithinbank, an IGS honorary member and past president of the Society has died at the age of 87 28 May 2014 Charles Winthrop Molesworth Swithinbank was born on 17 November 1926 in Burma and died on 27 May 2014 in Cambridgeshire. His earliest polar work was...
