Bjørn G. Andersen
Norwegian professor of Quaternary geology and glaciology
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Bjørn Grothaug Andersen was a Norwegian professor of Quaternary geology and glaciology who made foundational contributions to glacial geology and the understanding of climate change. Life and career Andersen was the son of Knut Severin Andersen b. Grothaug , from Hornindal in Nordfjord, who was a gardener in Stavanger, and Elise Andersen b. Rafoss from Stavanger . Because his father was a gardener they had a car, which was rare at the time, and using this they went on skiing in the winter and fishing in the summer. He enjoyed going for long skiing tours in the mountains in Stavanger, when he was young, and several times he crossed Trollgaren in Ryfylke, this marvelous moraine that is appropriate to its name. He wondered how it was formed, and was told by the local farmer that it was really Trolls that had set up the meandering fence of huge boulders, far above the tree line. The curiosity for this natural phenomenon in addition to many others in turn led to his interest for the Ice Age.
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