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Birth Name:

Fred Roots

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Jul 05, 1923

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Age:

101

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

12°

Can

45'

About Fred Roots

Ernest Frederick "Fred" Roots OC FRSC (5 July 1923 – 18 October 2016) was a Canadian geologist, polar explorer, educator and public servant. After graduating with undergraduate and master's degrees in geology from the University of British Columbia and a doctorate from Princeton University, Roots joined the Scott Polar Research Institute and was appointed Chief Geologist for the 1949 to 1952 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, in addition to ground-breaking geological and glaciological research studies, he made a 189-day, unsupported dog sled journey across the continent; a record that still stood at the time of his death over six decades later. On his return to Canada he joined the Geological Survey of Canada with whom he served as a field geologist until 1958, when he left to help found the Polar Continental Shelf Program. After 14 years with PCSP, Roots left to act as science advisor to the newly created federal Department of the Environment, where he remained on staff until 1989. After retirement, Roots remained an active participant in polar research, and also became a key mentor within the Students on Ice educational program. He continued to participate in expeditions for Students on Ice well into his tenth decade, his last being to Greenland only two months before his death.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Fred Roots: Sun 12 Cancer, Moon 10 Aries, Mercury 25 Gemini, Venus 24 Gemini, Mars 23 Cancer, Jupiter 9 Scorpio, Saturn 13 Libra, Uranus 17 Pisces, Neptune 16 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Sun Trine Uranus, Sun Trine Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Square Saturn, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Semi Sextile Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Quincunx Neptune

Categories related to Fred Roots: 2016 deaths, Princeton University alumni, July 5 births, Officers of the Order of Canada, Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, Recipients of the Polar Medal, Canadian expatriates in the United States, Canadian geologists, 1923 births, University of British Columbia Faculty of Science alumni, Canadian explorers, Geological Survey of Canada personnel, Massey Medal recipients, People of the Scott Polar Research Institute