Laurence McKinley Gould was an American geologist, educator, and polar explorer. He made expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and was chief scientist on Richard Evelyn Byrd's first Antarctic expedition, which Gould described in his 1931 book Cold: the Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey. He served as president of Carleton College from 1945 to 1962, and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1964. His namesakes include the research vessel Laurence M. Gould as well as Antarctic features including Gould Bay, Gould Coast, and Mount Gould.
Gould in 1961
Gould next to a bust of Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica, 1977
Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, the 200-acre (81 ha) main campus is between Northfield and the approximately 800-acre (320 ha) Cowling Arboretum, which became part of the campus in the 1920s.
Aerial view of the campus
Friedrich Schiller
The Laurence McKinley Gould Library operates all days of the week, and was built in 1956 and enlarged in 1983.
Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College is on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently the largest observatory in Minnesota.
