Albert Lincoln Washburn

{{Short description|American geomorphologist and skier (1911–2007)}}

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|name = Albert Lincoln Washburn

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|6|15}}

|birth_place = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}}

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|01|30|1911|6|15}}

|death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

|field = Geomorphology

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|alma_mater = Yale University

|doctoral_advisor = Richard Foster Flint

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|known_for = Permafrost studies

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|prizes = Vega Medal (1997)

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Albert Lincoln "Link" Washburn (June 15, 1911 – January 30, 2007) was an American geomorphologist studying permafrost. Washburn was a proficient skier participating in the 1936 Winter Olympics. Much of his work on permafrost was done in the Canadian arctic.{{cite journal|first=Carl S. |last=Benson|title=Albert Lincoln Washburn (1911–2007) |journal=Arctic|volume=60|number=2|pages=212–214|year=2007|url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic60-2-212.pdf|jstor=40513143}}