He wasn’t cut out for space travel. He explored Antarctica instead.
Meet Katsutada Kaminuma, whose desire to explore the untrodden led him to become perhaps Japan's foremost expert on Antarctica.
Katsutada Kaminuma is an 89-year-old geophysicist and professor emeritus at the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan. He has traveled to Antarctica more than a dozen times since 1966, when he was recruited for Japan's 8th research expedition to the continent. Kaminuma contributed to international research projects, such as searching for meteorites and studying Mount Erebus's seismic activity.
For his contributions, he has two places named after him: Kaminuma Crag and Kaminuma Bluff. Kaminuma specializes in seismology and has authored over 20 books on Antarctica. He is currently working on his next book, titled "Showa Kichi Konjaku Monogatari: Nankyoku Kansoku no Nanaju-nen wo Tadoru."
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