Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies in Accident in Antarctica
Source: New York Times
Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies in Accident in Antarctica
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
OCT. 24, 2016
A climate scientist who studied glaciers died in Antarctica on Saturday when the snowmobile he was riding went into a 100-foot-deep crevasse, according to the National Science Foundation, which was funding his research. The accident is under investigation, officials said.
The researcher, Gordon Hamilton, died on White Island in the continent’s Ross Archipelago, according to the University of Maine, where he was an associate research professor in the glaciology group at the Climate Change Institute. He was 50.
“Gordon’s glaciology research around the world — from Antarctica to Greenland — was second to none,” the president of the university, Susan J. Hunter, said in a statement. “He leaves a legacy as an outstanding scientist, and a caring mentor and well-known teacher.”
Dr. Hamilton was camped out with his research team on what is known as the Shear Zone, an area about 3 miles by 125 miles where two ice shelves meet. While parts of the Shear Zone can be up to 650 feet thick, the area is “intensely crevassed,” according to the National Science Foundation.
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That's awful!
rip Dr. Hamilton! 
...and they are not discovered until somebody falls in. 
