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[[File: | [[File:Paulsiple.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Paul Siple. Picture from the cover of ''A Bou Scout with Byrd'' 1931.]] | ||
'''Paul Allman Siple''' (December 18, 1908 – November 25, 1968) was an [[United States|American]] [[Antarctic]] explorer and [[geographer]] who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two [[Richard E. Byrd|Byrd expeditions]] of 1928–1930 and 1933–1935, representing the [[Boy Scouts of America]] as an [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].<ref name="SipleEagle">{{cite web |url=http://www.south-pole.com/p0000111.htm |quote= Paul Allman Siple saw the first light of day on December 18, 1908, in Montpelier, Ohio. ...|title=Paul A. Siple |publisher=South-Pole.com |accessdate =2006-11-08}}</ref> In addition to being an Eagle Scout, Siple was also a [[Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]].<ref name="ISCAJ">{{cite journal |last=Dubill |first=Andy |title=Paul Siple |journal=International Scouting Collector's Association Journal |publisher=International Scouting Collector's Association |volume= 8|issue=4 |date=December 2008 |pages=45–46}}</ref> His first and third books covered these adventures. With [[Charles F. Passel]] he developed the [[wind chill]] factor, and Siple coined the term. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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He also attended [[Clark University]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], from which he received a Ph.D. in 1939. His dissertation was on "Adaptations of the Explorer to the Climate of Antarctic". He worked in the [[Army Scientific Office]] for most of his career.<ref name="ISCAJ"/> | He also attended [[Clark University]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], from which he received a Ph.D. in 1939. His dissertation was on "Adaptations of the Explorer to the Climate of Antarctic". He worked in the [[Army Scientific Office]] for most of his career.<ref name="ISCAJ"/> | ||
Siple was involved with the ''United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939–1941'', which would have been the third Byrd expedition. He served during [[Operation Highjump]], (also known as the United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program 1946–1947), developed cold weather gear for the [[Korean War]],<ref name="ISCAJ"/> and [[Operation Deep Freeze | Siple was involved with the ''United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939–1941'', which would have been the third Byrd expedition. He served during [[Operation Highjump]], (also known as the United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program 1946–1947), developed cold weather gear for the [[Korean War]],<ref name="ISCAJ"/> and [[Operation Deep Freeze]] I in 1955–1956. He was the inaugural scientific leader at the U.S. [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]] 1956–1957, during the [[International Geophysical Year]]. This activity is covered in his fourth book,''90 Degrees South''. | ||
From 1963 to 1966 he served as the first U.S. [[science attaché]] to [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], where he had a stroke in 1966 and returned to the United States.<ref name="SipleEagle"/> | From 1963 to 1966 he served as the first U.S. [[science attaché]] to [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], where he had a stroke in 1966 and returned to the United States.<ref name="SipleEagle"/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
