Theodore August Link (1897-1980)

Authors

  • C.B. Sikstrom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1229

Keywords:

Aerial photography, Biographies, Canol Project, Geologists, Imperial Oil Limited, Link, Theodore August, 1897-1980, Oil fields, Oil well drilling, Petroleum geology, World War II, Canol Road, N.W.T./Yukon, Mackenzie River region, N.W.T., Norman Wells

Abstract

This biography honours the achievements of Theordore August Link, the petroleum geologist responsible for discovering the Norman Wells oil field, pioneering the use of cross-section models in geological work, the commercial use of airplanes in the North and the use of aerial photography in geological surveying, and serving as chief geologist of the CANOL Project. His many additional contributions to the field of geology are enumerated.

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Published

1995-01-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 1 (1995): March: 1–108

Section

Arctic Profiles