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Canadians
Rediscovered
These
illustrious Canadians, forgotten with the passage of time,
have been rediscovered by members of the Canadian Chapter while
overseas.
Sir
Charles Seymour Wright in the Antarctic (1910 – 13)
Sir
Charles Wright was the physicist, glaciologist, and
assistant to the meteorologist, on Scott’s ill-fated
expedition to the South Pole. On November 12, 1912,
Wright located the frozen remains of Scott and two
other colleagues. Wright, a dedicated scientist,
would go on to lead the team that was responsible
for the early development of radar.
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Wright
Valley, McMurdo Sound Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Lake
Vanda, Wright Valley
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Colonel
Alexander Dunn, VC, in Eritrea
(1868)
Grave
of Colonel Alexander Dunn in Senafe, Eritrea. Dunn
was Canada's first recipient of the Victoria Cross
and was buried at this site in 1868.
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Colonel
Dunn’s grave in Senafe, Eritrea
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Captain
Eugene Burden, Antarctic
(1946 – 47)
Trepassey,
a Newfoundland ship that was contracted by the Falkland
Islands Dependency Survey to supply British bases
in the Antarctic Peninsula during 1946 - 47.
Captain
Eugene Burden, who owned the Trepassey, was the grand-uncle
of Dr. George Burden, a member of the Canadian Chapter.
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Trepassey
in Port Lockroy, Wiencke Island, off west coast of Antarctic
Peninsula, January 31, 1947 |
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