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Roy Koerner MBE was a Polar explorer who participated in what the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson described as "a feat of endurance and courage which ranks with any in polar history", and Prince Philip feels "ranks among the greatest triumphs of human skill and endurance".^[1]

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1 Early life and career
2 Polar career
3 Tributes
4 References

Early life and career

Koerner was born on 3 July 1932 in Copnor, Portsmouth^[2]. From an early age, he was nicknamed "Fritz" on account of his Germanic surname, and the moniker stuck. He was educated at Sheffield University, after which he taught at Bridgemary Community School before joining the British Antarctic Survey in 1957.

Polar career

From 1968 to 1969 he was a member of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition led by Wally Herbert, a 3,800-mile surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean, from Alaska to Spitsbergen. In the 1970s Koerner emigrated to Canada where he spent more than forty years studying the history embedded in glacial ice. He was head of the Ice Core Laboratory at Ottawa^[3]. Koerner died after being sent home from his final mission on 26 May 2008.

Tributes

Koerner has a 600 metre high rock named after him^[4] on Deception Island^[5].

References

^ Times Obituary^{[dead link]}
^ Portsmouth Evening News Obituary. Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
^ Telegraph Obituary. Telegraph.co.uk (2008-05-29). Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
^ Oceanic Biographical Information System. Scarmarbin.be. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.
^ Feature on Deception Island. Guardian. Retrieved on 9 August 2011.

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Date of death	2008
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