Frank Debenham

Australian geographer (1883-1965) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81

Frank Debenham, OBE was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

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The second western party (Thomas Griffith Taylor, Debenham, Tryggve Gran and Robert Forde) aboard ship at the end of their journey (February 1912)

Sledge flag used by Debenham in Antarctica during the Terra Nova Expedition

Awards

David Livingstone Centenary Medal1948

Victoria Medal1948

Polar Medal

Honorary Member of the American Polar Society

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United Kingdom

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