The glacier was studied during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze , 1957 -- 58 , by Troy L. Pewe .
The glacier was was named by him for Dr. Eliot Blackwelder , former head of the Geology Department at Stanford University .
The glacier was studied during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze , 1957 -- 58 , by Troy L. Pewe and was named by him for Dr. Eliot Blackwelder , former head of the Geology Department at Stanford University .