Moira Dunbar travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Moira Dunbar as Scottish-Canadian glaciologist and Arctic ice researcher (1918-1999).
Moira Dunbar was born at Edinburgh in 1918. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
The heroic age of polar exploration pushed men and dogs to the limits of endurance for objectives that were as symbolic as they were geographic.
She is recorded as geographer, geologist and glaciologist.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Recognition followed: Massey Medal, Officer of the Order of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Moira Dunbar died in 1999, aged 81. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Massey Medal
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Recorded as geographer, geologist and glaciologist
