Charles F Passel
- Category : 1915-births
- Type : GE
- Profile : 4/1 - Opportunistic / Investigator
- Definition : Split - Small (32,52)
- Incarnation Cross : JX Shock
Biography
American polar scientist responsible along with Paul Siple for the development of the wind chill factor parameter. Passel was a major participant in the third Antarctic Expedition of Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1939–1941). Passel had several diverse duties on the expedition (as all the expedition members did) including as a dog team driver. His work with Siple was published in the American Philosophical Society. Passel's diary was published in 1995 as the book Ice. He died on 27 December 2002, aged 87, in Abilene, Texas.