2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Paper No. 185-1
Presentation Time: 8:05 AM-8:50 AM

BRADFORD WASHBURN: A LIFE OF EXPLORATION

SFRAGA, Mike, Director, University of Alaska Geography Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757140, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, mike.sfraga@alaska.edu

Bradford Washburn's career evolved from a lifetime of dedicated work, detailed preparation, and an encylclopedic, uncanny knowledge of his subjects. He has conducted mountaineers and scientists high atop the mountains of Alaska, Canada, Nepal, and the continental United States. His life's accomplishments include a vast library of stunning aerial photographs, detailed and strikingly-accurate maps, and many first ascents throughout North America. At the very core of Washburn's expeditions can be found a few primary motifs: a fundemental love for high and distant places, a yearning to discover the unknown, and the desire to share with others the world's natural beauty and scientific wonders.

For nearly eight decades, Bradford Washburn focused his life's work on the interdisciplinary study of our natural world. This presentation will discuss Washburn's accomplishments as photographer, explorer, cartographer, mountaineer, field scientist, and educator and provide context for this celebratory keynote symposium in his honor.

2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
General Information for this Meeting
Session No. 185
Using Historical Photographs and Maps To Document Landscape Evolution and the Impacts of Changing Climate: A Celebration of the 96th Birthday of Bradford Washburn
Pennsylvania Convention Center: Auditorium Lecture Hall
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 25 October 2006

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 451
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