Receives National Geographic Society award. Washington, D.C., April 27. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, senior scientist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition of 1933-35, was awarded a special cold medal of the National Geographic Society at a ceremony today at the society's headquarters in Washington. On the Byrd expedition, Dr. Poulter's scientific work included geophysical investigations, studies of ice conditions and movement, the making of magnetic soundings, and observations of meteors and auroral phenomena. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the National Geographic Society, Dr. Golbert Grosvenor, president of the society who presented the award, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
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1935
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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