Politician, Film Producer. He was the son of famed reporter and author Lowell Thomas. He graduated from the Taft School in 1942 and went on to Dartmouth College, before joining the United States Army Air Corps. He was invited along with his father, Lowell Thomas Sr., by the Tibetan government to make a film there in 1949 with the hope that their reports would help persuade the U.S. government to defend Tibet against the Chinese. The trip lasted 400 days, and the father and son were the last Westerners to reach Lhasa before the Chinese. CBS did not broadcast the resultant film, Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, until years later, but his book about the expedition, "Out of This World", published in 1950 became a bestseller. Among other appearances, in 1958 he appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel show "To Tell The Truth". In 1962 He narrated a children's recording, "The Story of Mr. Globe" which was produced by Replogle Globe, Inc in Chicago, IL. He remained an active bush pilot for many years as well as an environmental activist. Long an inhabitant of Alaska he is best known for his interest in the Arctic Research Labs based in Barrow, Alaska. Much as his father had done, he ventured into the harsh environment of the ice islands where research was done by scientists on the Arctic Ocean and its atmosphere including the Auroras. He published his adventure in National Geographic magazine in 1965 as well as numerous other productions, including a movie on the King Crab in the Aleutian Islands. He also served as a state senator and lieutenant governor of Alaska. In 2005, the Dalai Lama bestowed the International Campaign for Tibet's Light of Truth Award on him.
Politician, Film Producer. He was the son of famed reporter and author Lowell Thomas. He graduated from the Taft School in 1942 and went on to Dartmouth College, before joining the United States Army Air Corps. He was invited along with his father, Lowell Thomas Sr., by the Tibetan government to make a film there in 1949 with the hope that their reports would help persuade the U.S. government to defend Tibet against the Chinese. The trip lasted 400 days, and the father and son were the last Westerners to reach Lhasa before the Chinese. CBS did not broadcast the resultant film, Expedition to Lhasa, Tibet, until years later, but his book about the expedition, "Out of This World", published in 1950 became a bestseller. Among other appearances, in 1958 he appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel show "To Tell The Truth". In 1962 He narrated a children's recording, "The Story of Mr. Globe" which was produced by Replogle Globe, Inc in Chicago, IL. He remained an active bush pilot for many years as well as an environmental activist. Long an inhabitant of Alaska he is best known for his interest in the Arctic Research Labs based in Barrow, Alaska. Much as his father had done, he ventured into the harsh environment of the ice islands where research was done by scientists on the Arctic Ocean and its atmosphere including the Auroras. He published his adventure in National Geographic magazine in 1965 as well as numerous other productions, including a movie on the King Crab in the Aleutian Islands. He also served as a state senator and lieutenant governor of Alaska. In 2005, the Dalai Lama bestowed the International Campaign for Tibet's Light of Truth Award on him.
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