
Western University (2011) Anders Retzius Medal (1950) and the Vega Medal (1962), The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography Prix Bonaparte-Wyse Medal, Geographical Society(1951) Mungo Park Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1951) Lomonosov Medal, Moscow State University (1962) Royal Geographic Society Patron’s Medal (1964) Bjug Harstad Distinguished Service Award, Pacific Lutheran University (1965) Bradford Washburn Award, Boston Museum of Science (1982) Fridtjof Nansen’s prize for outstanding research (1985) Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art (2000) International Prize, Spanish Geographical Society (1998) The Explorers Club Medal (1979) St. Bulgarica Geographica Societas, Sofia, Bulgaria (1972) Explorer’s Club, New York (1942) World Wildlife Foundation Green Cross (Founding member) Worldview International (Founding member) World Federalist Movement. USSR Geographical Society, Moscow, Russia (1964) Hon. La Société Royale de Géographie d’Anvers, Belgium (1954) Hon. Geographical Society of Brazil (1954) Hon.

Geographical Society of Norway (1953) Hon. Norwegian Academy of Sciences (1958) New York Academy of Science (1960) American Anthropological Association (1966) Hon. and Bjørn (with Liv) Anette, Marian and Helen Elisabeth (Bettina) (with Yvonne)

Ethnologist, experimental archeologist and author
