Ice, cold are his life's work

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 20, 1999| Author: MEG JONES | Copyright information

John Behrendt certainly didn't realize it when he was growing up in Stevens Point, but Wisconsin's harsh winters prepared him for his life's work.

Now considered a leader in the field of Antarctic geophysics, Behrendt was a 24-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student when he first journeyed to Antarctica in 1956-'57 as part of the International Geophysical Year, a cooperative venture by several nations to explore the frozen continent.

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