The
Prize in 2004
Columbia University's
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the G. Unger
Vetlesen Foundation will award the 2004 Vetlesen
Prize, considered among the most prestigious of
earth sciences awards, to Professors Richard
Peltier and Sir
Nicholas Shackleton.
The prize carries a cash value of $200,000 to
be split between the honorees.
Press
Release
|
Vetlesen
Georg Unger Vetlesen
was born in the seaport city of Oslo, the son
of a well-known Norwegian surgeon. From his early
years, he loved the sea, and at the age of eleven
signed on as a crew member on a ship bound for
Copenhagen...
Read more
|
The
Vetlesen Prize
