| Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies II Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Antarctic Research Series, Volume 16. Albert Paddock Crary , was a pioneer polar geophysicist and glaciologist. He was the first person to have stepped foot on both the North and South Poles, having made it to the North Pole on May 3, 1952 and then to the South Pole on February 12, 1961, as the leader of a team of eight. |