John Schutt (born 1948) is an American

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...

, and

explorer Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

. He serves as lead field guide for the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (

ANSMET ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains. This geographical area serves as a collection point for met ...

) program, and as chief field guide and base manager for the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP). He was a member of the HMP's

Northwest Passage Drive Expedition The Northwest Passage Drive Expedition (NWPDX) (2009–2011) was a multi-stage vehicular expedition from the North American mainland to Devon Island in the high Arctic, by way of the Northwest Passage. The expedition was led by planetary scientis ...

. He has summited

Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the th ...

fifty times.

ANSMET

Schutt has served as lead field guide for the annual

program since 1978, and has participated in over 35 summer field campaigns collecting meteorites in Antarctica. Schutt is believed to have recovered more meteorites than any single person in history, and in particular, more meteorites from the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

and

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...

Haughton-Mars Project

Schutt has served as chief field guide for the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and as base manager at the HMP Research Station on Devon Island in the Arctic since the beginning of the project in 1997. He was also expedition field guide and navigator during the NWPDX-2009 and NWPDX-2010 campaigns of the

Honors

John Schutt won the Meteoritical Society's Service Award in 2007. Asteroid 61190 Johnschutt is named in his honor.http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=61190 (Retrieved June 2007) The Schutt Glacier in Antarctica is named after him.

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1948 births Living people American geologists {{US-explorer-stub