David Stuart Roberts was born on May 29, 1943, in Denver. His father, Walter Orr Roberts, an early climatologist who studied the effects of global warming, was founder of the National Center for ...

Born in Denver on May 29, 1943, David Stuart Roberts spent his early years in Climax, Colo., then the nation’s highest settlement, at 11,360 feet, and today a ghost town. His family moved to ...

“Into the Great Emptiness” follows Gino Watkins, one of the youngest men to ever lead an expedition into polar regions, and his successful 16-month survey of Greenland in 1930.