The Comer Range () is an Antarctican mountain range, long, running southwest to northeast and rising to 600 meters to the west of Harbour Glacier in Wiencke Island,

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...

. From south to north the range includes Jabet Peak and Noble Peak. Named by the

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in 2007 after Gary Comer (1927–2006), an American philanthropist and founder of the Lands' End company whose association with polar research stems from his 2001 trip through the

Northwest Passage The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada. The eastern route along the Arctic ...

in the vessel ''Turmoil''. The ease of his passage in comparison to that of numerous experienced sailors previously convinced him that

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was occurring. To research the issue Comer contacted distinguished scientists Wallace S. Broecker, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, and F. Sherwood Rowland,

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, and engaged their help in sponsoring a fellowship/mentorship program that he would fund. Comer's investments in climate and environmental change research in the Arctic, and in particular the polar science internship program that he developed and supported, represents a substantial contribution to the advancement of polar science. The new intellectual capital represented by the cadre of new scientists trained through his internship program has already made substantial contributions to knowledge of the Arctic and this in turn represents a significant contribution to improving the global glacial-geologic and glaciological context that is essential for understanding climate change work in the Antarctic.

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{{PalmerArchipelago-geo-stub Mountains of the Palmer Archipelago