Moira Isobel Dunbar
Geography
Pioneer of Arctic sea-ice research and the first woman to conduct scientific observations on Canadian icebreakers "What? Fly to the Arctic? In an RCAF plane? A woman? Impossible!" |
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date of Death
- November 22, 1999
- Place of Death
- Nepean, Ontario
- Family Members
- Other Interests
- Linguist: Spoke Russian, German and French Musician: Piano and guitar
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- BA (Geography) Oxford U, 1939
- Awards
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- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- Centennial Award (Canadian Meteorological Service), 1971
- Massey Medal, 1972
- Officer, Order of Canada, 1977
- Last Updated
- December 31, 2011
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