Vandament Glacier
Vandament Glacier is an east-flowing glacier, 6 nautical miles long, draining the east-central portion of the Dominion Range icecap. The glacier lies close south of Koski Glacier, whose flow it parallels, and terminates 2 nautical miles northwest of Safety Spur. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Charles H. Vandament, the United States Antarctic Research Program ionospheric physicist at South Pole Station, 1962.
Charles H. Vandament was known to family and friends as "Smilin' Chuck", Mr. Vandament was an electrical engineer specializing in radio and antenna design. He went to work for Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1958 and retired from Rockwell-Collins in Richardson in 1992. He continued working as a consultant for another 11 years. In 1962, Chuck spent a year at the South Pole Station in Antarctica. Professionally, he was most proud and fond of this year. Over the next 25 years, Chuck gave hundreds of slide show presentations about Antarctica to fourth grade school classes and civic and church groups. A military veteran, Chuck served as a cryptographer and code-breaker with U.S. Army Intelligence.
