Austin-Post-Obituary

Austin S Post

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1922 - 2012Austin Stuart Post passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012 in DuPont, WA at the age of 90 years. A world-renown glacier photographer and scientist, his work for the U.S. Geological Survey and Universities of Washington and Alaska included aerial photography of glaciers from...

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I know him only through his work and his step-daughter Alice, but grew up in mountains around Chelan, and wish I had known him.

I met Austin late in both our careers while on a field trip to Prince William Sound in 1989. At the time I had just started fieldwork at Bering Glacier and searched the USGS files for imagery. I found one of Austin's 1966 photos, but nothing else. So, as we shared the boot of a Jeep on the bumpy road to Childs Glacier in the Copper River Valley, I asked him, “where can I find more images of Bering Glacier” ? He replied, “they're in my living room”. I said, “how do I get to see them”? ...

It is with great sadness that I sign this guest book. I will always remember Austin for his wonderful and very dry sense of humor. And, the twinkle in his eye.