ABERCROMBIE, TOM (1930-2006)

Adventurer & Award-Winning Photographer for National Geographic

One of the individuals most responsible for making millions of people more aware of geography was a prize-winning photographer who began his professional career with the Fargo Forum.  Later, Tom Abercrombie frequently risked his safety and life as he photographed and gathered information for 43 National Geographic articles.  Abercrombie was the first person to win both the Newspaper Photographer of the Year and the Magazine Photographer of the Year awards.  The Abercrombie Crests in Antarctica are named in his honor.