On December 10, 2018 Dr. Almut Iken died peacefully at the Johanniter Haus in Bremen, Germany. Almut was born on 1 October, 1933 in Bremen. Shortly afterwards her family moved to Leipzig where her father operated a book store. In 1945 with the approach of the Red...
Dr. Lorne Gold, a respected member of Canada’s “Ice Research” community, and a long-time member of IGS, died in Ottawa on December 11, 2018 at the age of 90. He was recognized by both engineers and scientists for his contributions to northern engineering and more...
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Dr Keiji Higuchi has died on October 19th at the age of 92. He was made an honorary member of the Society in 2016. His contribution to glaciology has many aspects, but notably in the polymorphic characteristics of snow...
It is with great sadness that the IGS reports the passing of Johannes Weertman, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. Hans passed away on 13 October 2018 after a brief, unexpected illness...
J Graham Cogley, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography, Trent University, Canada. Graham passed away on 4 October 2018 in Peterborough, Ontario, at the age of 70. Graham has made substantial and enduring contributions to glaciology in particular to the...
Professor Emeritus Terence Joseph Hughes, born 15 February 1938 in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, U.S.A., passed away on 10 March 2018 at his home in Fort Pierre. He was 80. He died from inoperable pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver, diagnosed in 2010....
A tribute by John F. Nye Alan Stewart Thorndike, glaciologist, died in Easton, Maryland, USA on 8 January 2018, aged 72, after a short illness with an aggressive pneumonia. Alan will be remembered as a kind and generous man with a powerful intellect, a scholar, man of...
Charlie Bentley, an IGS member since 1959, a former IGS Vice-President and a Seligman Crystal recipient, has died at the age of 87 Charlie Bentley, Emeritus A.P. Crary Professor of Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, passed away peacefully on 19 August...
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...
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...