About: Fred Roots

Facets (new session)
Description
Metadata
Settings
- Rule:
- Inverse Functional Properties:
- "Same As":

About: Fred Roots Goto Sponge NotDistinct Permalink

An Entity of Type : geo:SpatialThing, within Data Space : dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon

http://dbpedia.demo.openlinksw.com/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FFred_Roots&invfp=IFP_OFF&sas=SAME_AS_OFF

Ernest Frederick "Fred" Roots OC FRSC (5 July 1923 – 18 October 2016) was a Canadian geologist, polar explorer, educator and public servant. After graduating with undergraduate and master's degrees in geology from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate from Princeton University, Roots joined the Scott Polar Research Institute and was appointed Chief Geologist for the 1949 to 1952 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, in addition to ground-breaking geological and glaciological research studies, he made a 189-day, unsupported dog sled journey across the continent; a record that still stood at the time of his death over six decades later. On his return to Canada he joined the Geological Survey of Canada with whom he served as a field geologist unti

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	Thing foaf:Person person dul:NaturalPerson Eukaryote Person Human Animal animal eukaryote species schema:Person geo:SpatialThing
rdfs:label	Fred Roots (en) Рутс, Фред (ru) Ernest Frederick Roots (sv)
rdfs:comment	Эрнест Фредерик (Фред) Рутс (англ. Ernest Frederick 'Fred' Roots; , Британская Колумбия — 18 октября 2016, , Британская Колумбия) — канадский полярный исследователь, геолог, геофизик и океанолог. Офицер Ордена Канады, член Королевского общества Канады, лауреат Медали Месси Канадского королевского географического общества и Медали Клуба исследователей (Нью-Йорк). (ru) Ernest Frederick (Fred) Roots, född 1923 i Salmon Arm, British Columbia, död 2016 i East Sooke i samma provins, var Norsk-brittisk-svenska Antarktisexpeditionens (Maudhemexpeditionen) chefsgeolog 1949-52. (sv) Ernest Frederick "Fred" Roots OC FRSC (5 July 1923 – 18 October 2016) was a Canadian geologist, polar explorer, educator and public servant. After graduating with undergraduate and master's degrees in geology from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate from Princeton University, Roots joined the Scott Polar Research Institute and was appointed Chief Geologist for the 1949 to 1952 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, in addition to ground-breaking geological and glaciological research studies, he made a 189-day, unsupported dog sled journey across the continent; a record that still stood at the time of his death over six decades later. On his return to Canada he joined the Geological Survey of Canada with whom he served as a field geologist unti (en)
foaf:name	Fred Roots (en)
name	Fred Roots (en)
geo:lat	-72.616669 (xsd:float)
geo:long	0.450000 (xsd:float)
foaf:depiction
birth place	Salmon Arm British Columbia
death place	British Columbia East Sooke
death place	British Columbia East Sooke
death date	2016-10-18 (xsd:date)
birth place	Salmon Arm British Columbia
birth date	1923-07-05 (xsd:date)
dcterms:subject	University of British Columbia Faculty of Science alumni People of the Scott Polar Research Institute Massey Medal recipients 1923 births Canadian expatriates in the United States Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Princeton University alumni 2016 deaths Canadian geologists Recipients of the Polar Medal Canadian explorers Geological Survey of Canada personnel
Wikipage page ID	52193988 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1124125364 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cambridge University Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Rockies Cassiar Mountains Princeton University Quebec Queen Maud Land Royal Canadian Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society Royal Society of Canada Scott Polar Research Institute University of British Columbia Faculty of Science alumni People of the Scott Polar Research Institute Arctic Institute of North America Roald Amundsen Massey Medal recipients University of British Columbia Vancouver Island Canadian Polar Commission 1923 births Saint Elias Mountains Salmon Arm Geological Survey of Canada Ness Award Environment Canada Gatineau Minister of the Environment (Canada) Antarctica Archaeocyatha Yukon Yves Fortier (geologist) Fred Cirque Massey Medal Banff, Alberta Banff National Park Banff Springs Hotel Canadian expatriates in the United States Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Princeton University alumni British Columbia Typhoid fever Dog sled Roots Heights East Sooke Edmund Hillary Norwegian language Ottawa The Explorers Club Quiver

Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024

Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE Content Formats:

RDF

ODATA

Microdata

About

OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3330 as of Mar 19 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 60 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software