The Explorers Club of New York honours Dr. Patricia Sutherland with 2005 Lowell Thomas Award
Gatineau, Quebec, October 24, 2005 — Dr. Patricia Sutherland, Curator of Eastern Arctic Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, was awarded the 2005 Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorers Club on Saturday, October 22 at Sotheby's New York.
For over thirty years Dr. Sutherland has undertaken pioneering research into the human history of remote regions of northern North America. She was among the first archaeologists to work on the Queen Charlotte Islands, and one of the first women to undertake archaeological research in Arctic Canada. Arctic fieldwork has taken her from the Mackenzie Delta in the Western Arctic to Hudson Bay, Labrador, Baffin Island, and northwards to the High Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland.
Dr. Sutherland’s research has addressed the entire range of human history in Arctic Canada, from the earliest occupations of the High Arctic approximately 5000 years ago to the nineteenth-century search for the lost Franklin expedition.
Currently, Dr. Sutherland directs the Helluland Archaeology Project at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, investigating cultural contact between Europeans and the aboriginal occupants of the Eastern Arctic in the centuries around AD 1000. This project developed from her research on archaeological specimens, suggesting a previously unsuspected early European presence in Arctic Canada.
“The Board of Trustees and her colleagues in the Museum are immensely proud of this recognition for Dr. Sutherland. Her excellent work has broken new ground in every sense,” said Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation.
Founded in New York City in 1904, the Explorers Club is dedicated to the advancement of field research and scientific exploration. The society supports research through fieldwork grants to scientists, encourages public interest in science through publications and public lectures, and honours accomplishments in scientific exploration.
The Lowell Thomas Award is presented to scientists and explorers who have distinguished themselves through exceptional work in the field. The award is named for Club member Lowell Thomas, journalist and travel writer, whose reports from remote regions contributed to public knowledge of the world for much of the twentieth century.
Media Information:
Chief, Media Relations
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Tel.: (819) 776-7167
Media Relations Officer
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Tel.: (819) 776-7169
Fax: (819) 776-7187
|
|
