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Dr. Raymond Thorsteinsson O.C., C.M., BA’44

Dr. Thorsteinsson is one of Canadas most well respected geologists. Over the years, he has led survey teams and field studies that have developed some of the most detailed geological maps and reports of territory in the Arctic Archipelago. A versatile scientist, he also made important contributions in the field of palaeontology, researched the Haughton Astrobleme, and retrieved records and artifacts left by early Arctic explorers. After years of traveling over and surveying virtually all the land along the northern edge of the Canadian Shield, Dr. Thorsteinsson prepared the first detailed geological maps of over 200,000 square miles in the Arctic islands.