# Professor Frank H. Pabodie — At the Mountains of Madness character guide

> Professor Frank H. Pabodie in At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pabodie

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The expedition's chief engineer, whose drills and boring equipment crack open the primordial rock and let something ancient answer back.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/i)

Engineering professor who devised the unique drilling apparatus used by the expedition.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/ii)

Stays at the base with the narrator, participating in the reception of Lake's reports.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as part of the expedition, though not directly active in this chapter.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/iv)

His notes from an afternoon flight help Dyer and Danforth calculate the pass altitude.

### [The Revelation of the Cyclopean City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/at_the_mountains_of_madness_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as someone whose engineering knowledge might explain the massive stone blocks.

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