Obituaries: JOHN HEAP; Antarctic Treaty negotiator who enjoyed a second career as Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 18, 2006| Author: Dowdeswell, Julian | Copyright information

Byline: Julian Dowdeswell

John Heap was an internationally respected polar diplomat and researcher who was an important contributor to the regulations protecting the Antarctic environment in the Antarctic Treaty.

Born in Manchester and educated at Leighton Park School in Reading, Heap's interest in the polar regions was first stimulated by his mother reading Scott's journals to him and developed at Edinburgh University, where he read Geography, graduating in 1...

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