Geological Antarctic Field Notebook - Bob Tingey #2

Brief description

Bob Tingey joined the Bureau of Mineral Resources (B.M.R.), Geoscience Australia’s predecessor organisation, as a geologist at the end of 1966. After spending several years working with the B.M.R. in Papua New Guinea, Bob travelled to Antarctica at the end of 1970. This was to be the first of his seven trips to Antarctica to undertake geological field work. The breadth and significance of Bob’s Antarctic work has been officially recognised by the awarding of an Antarctic Medal in 1990 in which Bob was described as “one of Australia’s best known, widely respected and influential Antarctic scientists…His contributions to Antarctic science and to Australia’s international reputation have been very significant” AAD . The Tingey Glacier, Tingey Nunataks and Tingey Rocks were also named in Bob’s honour. Bob's autobiography, Frozen Footsteps, was published in 2014 and tells the remarkable story of Bob's life. The total number of tasks for this dataset is: 76, number transcribed is 76 and number validated is 0.