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Charles Raymond Bentley (December 23, 1929 – August 19, 2017) was an American
glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, clim ...
and
geophysicist Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and properties of Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. Geophysicists conduct investigations acros ...
, born in
Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...
. He was a professor emeritus at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
.
Mount Bentley Mount Bentley () is a mountain (4,245 m) standing north of Mount Anderson in the main western ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirel ...
and the
Bentley Subglacial Trench The Bentley Subglacial Trench is a vast topographic trench in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, 80°S, 115°W. At 2,555 meters (8,382 ft) below sea level, it (along with the deepest points within the adjacent Byrd Subglacial Basin) is am ...
in
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
are named after him. In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including
Mario Giovinetto Mario Giovinetto (1933 – 6 January 2024) was an Argentine glaciologist, climatologist and geographer. He was a Canadian citizen with permanent resident status in the United States. Career Mario Giovinetto was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Pr ...
set out on an expedition across
West Antarctica West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula. It is separated from East Antarctica by the Transan ...
in
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to make the first measurements of the ice sheet. He was awarded the
Seligman Crystal The Seligman Crystal is an award of the International Glaciological Society. The prize is "awarded from time to time to one who has made an outstanding scientific contribution to glaciology so that the subject is now enriched" and named after Ger ...
by the
International Glaciological Society The International Glaciological Society (IGS) was founded in 1936 to provide a focus for individuals interested in glaciology, practical and scientific aspects of snow and ice. It was originally known as the "Association for the Study of Snow an ...
in 1990. He died on August 19, 2017, at the age of 87 in
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.


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Oral History interview transcript for Charles R. Bentley on 6 August 2008, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- Session I
Oral History interview transcript for Charles R. Bentley on 7 August 2008, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- Session II 1929 births 2017 deaths American geophysicists American glaciologists American Antarctic scientists Marie Byrd Land explorers and scientists Phillips Academy alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Scientists from Rochester, New York {{Glaciologist-stub