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John Ross Mackay
John Ross Mackay was Most Noted for his explorations in the western canadian Arctic, Which he had Mostly done in his years of explorations. His study of 40 years has enabled the building of pipeline operations and petroleum explorations in areas of frozen ground. His reasearch of this has given him knowledge of this.
John Ross Mackay Was Born on December 31st 1915 in Formosa (Taiwan)
Few interests of john mackay were arctic permafrost and geomorphology
John was married to Violet Meekins in 1994 they had 2 daughters, Anne and Leslie. Violet died in 1997 due to old age I believe. John completed a bachelor of arts at clark university in 1939. He also obtained a masters degree from boston university in 1941. Honorary Member of the chinese society of glaciology And in 1981, appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada
John recieved the willet g miller medal in 1975 for his accomplishments etc.
