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Charles Raymond Bentley (December 23, 1929 – August 19, 2017) was an American glaciologist and geophysicist, born
in Rochester, New York. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Mount Bentley and the Bentley
Subglacial Trench in Antarctica are named after him.  In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including Mario
[1]

Giovinetto set out on an expedition across West Antarctica in tracked vehicles to make the first measurements of the ice sheet.
[2][3]

He was awarded the Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society in 1990.  He died on August 19, 2017 at the
[4]

age of 87 in Oakland, California. [5]

References[edit]
1. ^ Bentley Subglacial Trench. MapPlanet.
2. ^ Rejcek, Peter (December 20, 2007). "Science hits the road". POLAR-PALOOZA brings polar research and issues to the public with traveling
show. The Antarctic Sun. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
3. ^ Grimes, William (25 August 2017). "Charles R. Bentley, 87, Pioneer of Polar Science, Is Dead". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
4. ^ "The Seligman Crystal". International Glaciological Society. Retrieved 30 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ Anandakrishnan, Sridhar (2017-08-22). "Charles Bentley death". CRYOLIST. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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