Biografía
Dr. Colin Levings states that "He was an ecology professor at UBC Dept of Zoology in the 1960s-1980s. Born in England, he studied at Oxford. Efford headed up the International Biological Programme (IBP) studies on freshwater ecosystem dynamics in Marion Lake, near Haney BC and also was an expert on the tropical Pacific sand crab. Efford sailed in HMCS Cape Scott in 1964- 1965 to Easter Island when he served as an ecologist with the McGill Medical Expedition (a component of Canada’s contribution to the IBP). The aim of the Expedition was to establish a human population and biosphere profile of the Island before an international airport was opened."
Anécdotas
Ian Efford was also an expert gardener and served as the Editor of the newsletter of the Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society.
Referencias
- Email(Dr. Colin Levings - Nauticapedia 14/06/2020)
- Efford obit. Globe and Mail June 13 2020 www.legacy.com ↗ (website viewed 15/06/2020)
- Dufflin, 2019. Stanley’s Dream: the Medical Expedition to Easter Island. McGill-Queens Univ Press.
