About Norbert Untersteiner
Lived 1926 – 2012 (aged 86). Norbert Untersteiner was an American geophysicist and polar explorer.
Norbert Untersteiner (February 24, 1926 – March 14, 2012) was one of the pioneers of modern polar science research, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, and an AAAS Fellow.
Born in Merano, Italy, he led the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX) in the early 1970s. In 1979, he formed the Arctic Buoy Program as a contribution to the Global Atmospheric Research Program. He then formed the Polar Science Center (PSC) at the University of Washington and directed it from 1981 until 1988.
Untersteiner died of prostate cancer in March 2012, in Seattle, Washington.
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Who was Norbert Untersteiner?
Italian polar scientist (1926–2012)
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Norbert Untersteiner was born on 24 February 1926 in Merano.
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Norbert Untersteiner died on 14 March 2012 in Seattle.
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Norbert Untersteiner was a geophysicist and polar explorer.
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Norbert Untersteiner was American.
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