Anthony Fiala (September 19, 1869 – April 8, 1950) was an American explorer, born in

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, and educated at

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and the National Academy of Design,

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. In early life he was engaged in various employments—as lithographic designer, chemist, cartoonist, head of the art and engraving department of the

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'' Daily Eagle'' (1894–99), and correspondent for that paper while serving as a trooper in the

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. In 1901 and 1902, he accompanied the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition as photographer. From 1903 to 1905, he was in command of the Ziegler Polar Expedition, sent out by Ziegler from

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in July 1903. The party reached 82° 4' N, and surveyed the Franz Joseph Archipelago, but lost their ship, ''America'' in Teplitz Bay and failed to reach the pole. A relief party sent out under William S. Champ found Fiala and his men at Cape Dillon in July 1905, and brought them home. In November 1907, Capt. George Comer successfully established a provisions base in the Arctic for Fiala's 1908 expedition. ''

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'' stated:

The Captain has been successful in his work for the Fiala expedition, and says that he confidently expects that the men under Fiala, by merely entering one of the northward drifts and sailing with it, will reach the North Pole.

In 1914 Fiala accompanied

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on the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition into hitherto unexplored parts of

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. He wrote ''Troop "C" in Service'' (1899) and ''Fighting the Polar Ice'' (1906).

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1869 births 1950 deaths Cooper Union alumni National Academy of Design alumni Writers from Jersey City, New Jersey 19th-century American explorers American nature writers American male non-fiction writers Military personnel from Jersey City, New Jersey American military personnel of the Spanish–American War War correspondents of the Spanish–American War {{US-explorer-stub