Born 1942. Has since 1970 worked with glaciation history and climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Some recent publications :

• Hjort, C., Möller, P. & Alexanderson, H. 2004. Weichselian glaciation of the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia. In: Ehlers, J. & Gibbard, P.L. (eds.). Quaternary Glaciations - extent and chronology, 359-367. Elsevier, Netherlands.
• Hjort, C., Ingólfsson, Ó., Bentley, M.J. & Björck, S. 2003. The Pleistocene and Holocene Glacial and climate history of the Antarctic Peninsula region as documented by the land and lake sediment records - a review. In: Domack, E., Leventer, A., Burnett, A., Bindschadler, R., Convey, P. & Kirby, M. (eds.). Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability - historical and paleoenvironmental perspectives, 95-102. Antarctic Research Series 79. American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.
• Hjort, C. & Ingólfsson, Ó. 2004. Otto Nordenskjöld's Contribution to Glaciation History - a bipolar effort with a southern focus. In: Elzinga, A., Nordin, T., Turner, D. & Wråkberg, U. (eds.). Antarctic Challenges - historical and current perspectives on Otto Nordenskjöld's Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903, 188-199. Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Göteborg.