Robert Palmer
Assistant to the
Meteorologist
Supply Officer
East Base
Biography:
One of Robert Palmer’s responsibilities as USAS supply
officer was to accompany the prefabricated building components, built in
Palmer was born on March 24, 1916, in
Shortly after Palmer’s arrival at East Base, he was informed
by radio that his fiancé had married another man two weeks previously. In 1942, Palmer married Dorothy Ellen
Bauer. In July of the same year he was
commissioned into the USNR as an ensign.
In 1944, Palmer graduated with a degree in meteorology from the
After the war, Palmer lived and worked in
Antarctic Service Medal Gold
Geographical Feature: Palmer Inlet
Contributions: The Mountain Weather Station
Films/Videos:
Full Photo/Films/Video Library:
Links: “
An Antarctic Mountain Weather Station”, Lieutenant H.G. Dorsey, Jr.,
Proceedings of The
American Philosophical Society, vol. 89, Part 1, 1945
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Updated:
May 15, 2011