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December 9th, 2009 — Dr. Henryke Arctowski, 1940 (make up for 12/4)
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julia writes — December 9th, 2009 at 6:36 am

who is he? what did he discover? I love him.
julia writes — December 9th, 2009 at 6:38 am

“His name has been given to a phenomenon in which a halo resembling a rainbow, with two other partial arcs symmetrical to the main one, forms around the sun as light is refracted through ice crystals in the atmosphere.” wow
lauren writes — December 9th, 2009 at 6:43 am

yeah, isn’t he great? i fell in love with his picture then went on to read that he was aboard The Belgica, a ship that I fell in love with and drew last year. here is a quote about him:

“Veteran Polish weather expert joins staff of Smithsonian Institution. With home, laboratory, and invaluable records of years presumably lost in the recent Polish War, Dr. Henryke Arctowski of the University of Llov, one of Poland’s foremost scientists and former Antarctic explorer, has started at the Smithsonian Institution the monumental job of determining direct effects of changes in the Sun’s radiation on weather conditions on Earth. Recognized in all countries as one of the greatest living authorities on world weather, Dr. Arctowski is continuing his studies in efforts to find relationships between solar conditions and rainfall, barometric pressure, etc. His earliest meteorological observation began as a young geologist on the Antarctic exploring ship Belgica in 1897-99.”

i found this quote and the pic. on shorpy.com
lauren writes — December 9th, 2009 at 6:48 am

here is a link to the belgica drawing/collage.

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