• Deceased
• Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Order of Canada

• Officer of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: April 20, 1989
  • Invested on: October 18, 1989

  Senior Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada and one of Canada's most honoured geologists, he has personally led survey teams and directed field studies which have resulted in the production of detailed geological maps and reports covering an immense amount of territory in the Arctic Archipelago. This versatile scientist has also made important contributions in the field of paleontology, researched the Haughton Astrobleme and retrieved records and artefacts left by early Arctic explorers. This is a promotion within the Order.

• Member of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: December 19, 1983
  • Invested on: October 03, 1984

  After years of traveling over and surveying virtually all of the land along the northern edge of the Canadian Shield, Dr. Thorsteinsson prepared the first detailed geological maps of over 200,000 square miles in the Arctic islands. During his versatile career he also collected fossils which have furthered the study of paleontology, researched the age of the Haughton Astrobleme and retrieved records and artifacts left by the early Arctic explorers.