caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
self portrait , antarctica 1941 3 november 1962 philadelphia , pennsylvania tomahawk , wisconsin 27 january 1909 antarctic exploration , namesake of eklund islands carleklund-selfportrait-1941 . jpg carl r. eklund
 carl r. eklund ornithologist
carl r. eklund

carl r. eklund -lrb- january 27 , 1909 -- november 3 , 1962 -rrb- was a leading american specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions .
from 1939-41 he served as ornithologist at the east base of the u.s. antarctic service .
this was the first modern us .
government-sponsored expedition to antarctica , and the third of rear admiral richard e. byrd 's antarctic commands .
in addition to his collection of animal life for the department of the interior , fish and wildlife service , eklund made one of the longest antarctic dog sled journeys in history , accompanying finn ronne .
islands sighted near the turning point of this journey were named the eklund islands in his honour by the board of geographical names .
he was appointed as the first scientific station leader of the wilkes station , antarctica .
he received his ph.d.in zoology and geography from the university of maryland , and his b.a. from carleton college .
he was a native of tomahawk , wisconsin and graduated from tomahawk high school .
