CARL WEYPRECHT (1838-1881) SEEHELD, POLARFORSCHER, GEOPHYSIKER. WISSENSCH- AFTLICHER UND PRIVATER BRIEFWECHSEL DES OESTERREICHISCHEN MARINEOFFIZIERS ZUR BEGRUNDUNG DER INTERNATIONALEN POLARFORSCHUNG

摘要

The name of the Austrian born naval officer and polar explorer Carl Weyprecht (1838-1881) is well known to all polar researchers. Under his leadership, the Austro-Hungarian expedition on the vessel Tegetthoff was intended to sail to the Bering Strait crossing the North Pole. Unfortunately the expedition which took place in 1872-1874 did not achieve that as the ship was trapped in the ice and the expedition had to be limited 'only' to the discovery of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa [Franz Josef Land].