Richardson Medal for IGS Chief Editor Jo Jacka

摘要

T. H. 'Jo' Jacka has served pivotally in the prolif-eration of glaciological knowledge by leading the effort to edit and publish scholarly articles in the Society's periodicals, and by organizing symposia that both enrich the science of glaciology and broaden the international stature of the Society. He began his service as a Scientific Editor of the Journal of Glaciology with Volume 38 in 1992, and continued in this service for 5 years. He left the Journal's editorial staff at the end of 1997 to be the Chief Scientific Editor of two volumes (29 and 39) of the Annals of Glaciology (representing the sixth and seventh International Symposiums on Antarctic Glaciology, ISAG-6 and ISAG-7, held in Lanzhou and Milan). These two Annals volumes presented 116 scientific articles covering 884 pages involving the international glaciological community's most cutting edge research on the nature of the Antarctic ice sheet. Following publication of Volume 39 of the Annals, Dr Jacka took on the Chief Editorship of the Journal of Glaciology (with Volume 49, in 2003) in which position he currently serves the Society as the head of its flagship journal.