Charles R. Bentley

Charles Raymond Bentley (December 23, 1929 – August 19, 2017) was an American glaciologist and geophysicist, born in Rochester, New York.

[1] In 1957, he and a handful of other scientists including Mario 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.

[4] He died on August 19, 2017, at the age of 87 in Oakland, California.

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