Austin Post (photographer)

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Austin Post
Glacier Bay National Park to examine glacier change, September 8 2003[1]
Born(1922-03-16)16 March 1922
Died12 November 2012(2012-11-12) (aged 90)
Known forAerial photography of the mountains glaciers of North America
Chickamin Glacier, Dome Peak, 1965

Austin S. Post (16 March 1922 – 12 November 2012

Glacier Bay, Alaska
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Post worked for many years as a research scientist for the

Cascade Alpine Guide series by Fred Beckey.[5][6][7] Post named Bradford Washburn as a photographic influence.[3] He lived on Vashon Island, Washington.[3]

Selected publications

Klawatti Glacier, North Cascades National Park, 1969
  • Post, Austin; Don Richardson; Wendell V. Tangborn; F. L. Rosselot (1971). Geological Survey Professional Paper 705—A: Inventory of Glaciers in the North Cascades, Washington. . Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  • Brugman, Melinda M.; Austin Post (1981). USGS Circular 850-D: Effects of Volcanism on the Glaciers of Mount St. Helens. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  • Post, Austin; .

Selected ascents

References

  1. ^ Karpilo, Ronald. "Retired U.S. Geological Survey glaciologist and photographer Austin Post". Alamy. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Austin S. Post Obituary." The New York Times, 29 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Scurlock, John (Summer 2007). "Austin Post: Legendary Chronicler of Glaciers". Northwest Mountaineering Journal (4). Archived from the original on 25 September 2008.
  4. Seattle Times
    . 21 July 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
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