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Ziegler Island
, native_name = , native_name_link = , image_name = , image_caption = , image_size = , map_image = Kara sea ZFJZL.PNG , map_caption = Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Ziegler Island lies roughly in its center. , nickname = , location = Arctic , coordinates = (?) , archipelago = Zichy Land in Franz Josef Land , total_islands = , major_islands = , area_km2 = 448 , length_km = , width_km = , highest_mount = , elevation_m = 554 , population = 0 , population_as_of = , density_km2 = , ethnic_groups = , country = Russia , additional_info = Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Geography This island is long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Zi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada ( Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm ( Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia ( Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), Sweden and the United States ( Alaska). Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost (permanently frozen underground ice) containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic. Definition and etymology The word Arctic comes from the Greek w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payer Map Franz Josef Land 1874
A payer is a person who makes a payment. Payer also may refer to: People * Evariste Payer (1887–1963), Canadian professional hockey player * Chantal Payer (born 1953), Canadian fencer *Helge Payer (born 1979), Austrian international footballer * Imre Payer (1888 – 1957), Hungarian footballer. * Serge Payer (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player Places *Payer Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia *Payer Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Payer Peak, a mountain in King Christian X Land, Greenland * Mount Payer, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia See also *Friedrich von Payer (1847–1931), vice-chancellor of Germany during the last year of World War I *Julius von Payer (1841–1915), best known for the North Pole expedition in 1872–74 and the discovery of Franz Josef Land *Player (other) *Single payer Single-payer healthcare is a type of universal healthcare in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barr (Arctic Historian)
William Barr (born 1940) is a Scottish historian now resident of Calgary, Canada, with a specific interest in the history of exploration of the Arctic, and to a lesser degree, the Antarctic. He holds degrees in Geography from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and McGill University, Montreal, Canada. From 1968 until 1999 he was a member of the faculty of the Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and is now a professor emeritus there. Since 1999 he is a Research Fellow in residence at the Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary. For the past 30 years the history of the exploration of the Arctic has been the focus of his research. He has published 16 books, including translations from French, German, and Russian. In 2006, William Barr received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the recorded history of the Canadian North from the Canadian Historical Association. Most of the titles of his works show that William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Russia
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition
The Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition was an Arctic expedition to find the North-East Passage that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef Land. Background The Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition was largely an initiative of geographer August Petermann who was a proponent of a navigable northern Arctic Sea. Petermann had previously been involved in the German North Pole expeditions of 1868–1870 that had failed to find navigable paths on the east coast of Greenland. Petermann then advocated for probing the area between Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya which he assumed would be less obstructed by ice due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. In 1871, a trial expedition took place. Weyprecht and Payer were put in charge. They chartered the Norwegian schooner ''Isbjørn'' and hired captain Johan Kjeldsen and a Norwegian crew in Tromsø. ''Isbjørn'' sailed to the east coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziegler Polar Expedition
The Ziegler polar expedition of 1903–1905, also known as the Fiala expedition, was a failed attempt to reach the North Pole. The expedition party remained stranded north of the Arctic Circle for two years before being rescued, yet all but one of its members survived. The expedition is so named as it was funded by industrialist William Ziegler and led by explorer Anthony Fiala. Planning In the previous two years Ziegler had funded the 1901-1902 Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition, but was dissatisfied with the results achieved by expedition leader Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. He selected Anthony Fiala, who was a photographer on the previous mission, to lead the second expedition. He was to renew the efforts to reach the pole with dog sledges from Franz Josef Land where plenty of Baldwin's provisions were still stored in depots. The 35 expedition members included many from the previous expedition. Ziegler chose William Peters as second-in-command. Fiala calculated that the food requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ziegler (industrialist)
William Ziegler Sr. (September 1, 1843 - May 25, 1905) was an American industrialist who was one of the founders of the Royal Baking Powder Company. He ended up suing his partners. His other interests were organizing Arctic expeditions and yachting. Biography He was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, of German parents. His father, Francis Ziegler, died in 1846, and in 1848 his mother, Ernestine Ziegler, married Conrad Brandt. The family moved to Muscatine, Iowa, where his stepfather had a farm. He was educated in the public schools there and became a printer's apprentice in a newspaper office. He later became a clerk in a drug store and studied telegraphy and chemistry. In 1862, he enrolled in the Eastman Business School in Poughkeepsie, New York. After he completed his course there, he went to New York City where he worked for a wholesale drug and chemical company from 1863 to 1868. At the same time he took a course at the College of Pharmacy. Royal Baking Powder In 1866 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition
The 1901-1902 Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition was a failed attempt to reach the North Pole from Franz Josef Land. The expedition was led by meteorologist and financed by William Ziegler who had made a fortune with baking powder. Preparations Ziegler offered Baldwin "unlimited means" to carry out his plans, instructing him to "Find the Pole, and don't come back until you do". In the end Baldwin spent $142,000 according to his own accounts. For this endeavour, Baldwin chartered three three-masted steam ships: The flagship was the ''America'' of 466 net tons, that was previously called ''Esquimaux''. The 260 ton ''Frithjof'' that had been used by Walter Wellman's expedition to Franz Josef Land, in which Baldwin had also participated, functioned as supply ship. The ''Belgica'' from the Belgian Antarctic Expedition served as another support ship. The expedition was also furnished with a small steam launch that never ended up working in the Arctic conditions. They had 15 ponies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Franz Josef Land Showing Journeys And Discoveries Of Frederick G
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Zichy Land
Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''Zemlya Zichy'') is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separated from each other by narrow sounds that are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole. This island group was named after Hungarian Count Ödön Zichy (1811-1894) who was, beside Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek, the second highest sponsor for the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition to Franz Josef Land. Geography The broad channel to the southwest of Zichy Land is known as Markham Sound or Markham Channel (russian: Пролив маркама; Proliv Markama), after the British polar explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham. The northernmost point of Zichy Land is Cape Bema on Karl-Alexander Island and its southernmost point is Cape Fiume on Champ Island. The distance between the two comprises . Cape Armitidzh in Luigi Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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