Lawrence Edward Willey [1] was a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations, [2] 1966–69 and 1973, [3] and awarded the Polar Medal for services to Antarctic Survey in 1976. [1] Willey Glacier was named after him. [2]
He was involved in the Cape Jeremy Affair, an incident in 1968, when he and colleagues, base commander Ali McArthur, Ian Flavell-Smith, and Shaun Norman and three dog teams set out to relieve a stranded group at Fossil Bluff following an air accident in the previous field season. This incident is described in Of Ice and Men by Sir Vivian Fuchs. [4] This has been turned into a musical piece.
Lawrence Edward Willey [1] was a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations, [2] 1966–69 and 1973, [3] and awarded the Polar Medal for services to Antarctic Survey in 1976. [1] Willey Glacier was named after him. [2]
He was involved in the Cape Jeremy Affair, an incident in 1968, when he and colleagues, base commander Ali McArthur, Ian Flavell-Smith, and Shaun Norman and three dog teams set out to relieve a stranded group at Fossil Bluff following an air accident in the previous field season. This incident is described in Of Ice and Men by Sir Vivian Fuchs. [4] This has been turned into a musical piece.