Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, (8 September 1838 – 2 March 1881[inconsistent]) was an Austro-Hungarian explorer. He was an officer (k.u.k...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1926, the Soviet...
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that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef Land....
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Park. The fjord is named after Austro-Hungarian Arctic explorer Karl Weyprecht. Weyprecht Fjord is located east of the De Long Fjord. It opens to the northwest...
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26, 1976. p. 3. "Weyprecht-Gedenkveranstaltung in Michelstadt (Odenwald) am 29. März 2006, dem 125. Todestag Karl Wepyrechts (Weyprecht commemorative event...
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to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the easternmost point of Europe. Karl Weyprecht, the expedition's secondary leader, claimed the second intended destination...
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international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875,...
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expedition which lasted from 1872 to 1874. Led by the naval officer Karl Weyprecht and the infantry officer and landscape artist Julius Payer, the custom-built...
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Viehböck (born 1960), cosmonaut Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter artist Karl Weyprecht (1838–1881), polar explorer Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), pre-eminent...
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Svalbard, in the area known as Olav V Land. The cape is named after Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian officer and polar explorer. Together with Julius...
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Mosselbukta 1872–1874: Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Captain Karl Weyprecht discovers Franz Josef Land 1873: Benjamin Leigh Smith comes to Nordenskiöld's...
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Heinrich von Moll, was decapitated by a heavy shell, but his subordinate, Karl Weyprecht, brought the ship back into the fight. By 10:43 am the Austrians had...
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Novaya Zemlya, with Karl Weyprecht. From 1872 to 1874, Payer led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition with Karl Weyprecht, who was Commander at...
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He chaired the International Polar Commission in 1879 together with Karl Weyprecht, founding the first International Polar Year 1882/83 and the Antarctic...
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Arctic explorer Karl Weyprecht. List of glaciers in Norway Svalbard and Jan Mayen "Weyprechtbreen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 18 March 2019. Weyprecht Glacier, Jan...
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first was used in the 1872–74 arctic expedition of Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht which discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873. The expedition's first discovery...
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Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Karl Weyprecht, Austrian polar explorer who in company with Julius Payer discovered...
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1872 – William Adams proves the insularity of Bylot Island. 1873–74 – Karl Weyprecht and Von Payer discover and name Franz Josef Land. 1875–76 – George Nares...
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(senior) Aymard d'Ursel Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov Karl von Wedel Ludwig von Welden Karl Weyprecht Duke William of Württemberg Constantin von Wurzbach...
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William "Bull" Nelson. 1873 – Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea. 1896...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition (1872–1874) led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht). Spoils of war and photographs of the mission in the International...
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Koldewey, and the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872 under Karl Weyprecht and Julius von Payer—had followed separate branches of the Gulf Stream...
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named for Julius Payer, Austrian polar explorer, who in company with Karl Weyprecht discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873. List of mountains of Queen Maud...
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the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, led by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht from 1872 to 1874. Of the donors to the expedition, he contributed the...
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Captain Heinrich von Moll, in the head, killing him instantly. Lieutenant Karl Weyprecht took command of the ship for the remainder of the battle. A minor fire...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872–74. Led by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht of Austria-Hungary on board the schooner Tegetthoff, this expedition's...
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Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. The expedition was led by naval commander, Karl Weyprecht, and infantry first lieutenant, Julius von Payer. The reverse of the...
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part in the 1872-74 North Polar expedition of Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht as commander of the Isbjörn. It was this expedition that discovered...
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Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition (1872-1874) led by Payer and Karl Weyprecht, which discovered Franz Josef Land. The historian Günther Hamann identified...
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de Géographie, for the Howgate Plan, his vision of an Arctic colony. Karl Weyprecht, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who co-led, with Julius von...
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