The ice shelf was named after Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf on 24 February 1951.
The ice shelf was named after Leslie Quar, a British radio mechanic and electrician working for NBSAE. He drowned while riding in a weasel (track-driven vehicle) that fell off the edge of this ice shelf on February 24, 1951.