Norman J. Holter was a biophysicist, noted for inventing the "Holter monitor", a portable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hours or more. But in his diverse career he also worked on the Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) as seen here doing some field work. He would later come to Scripps Institution of Oceanography coordinating activities at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). 1952.

• 1952

• Jones, Alan Churchill, 1927-

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Alan Churchill Jones Photographs, 1952-1972

• Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953)

• Holter, Norman J., 1914-1983

• Oceanography--Field work (land)
• Scientists--Portraits

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