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Ferdinand von Wrangell: white spots on the northeast coast of Siberia disappear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Erki Tammiksaar
Erki Tammiksaar
Affiliation:
K.E. von Baer Museum, Veski 4, EE51005 Tartu, Estonia
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Abstract

Ferdinand von Wrangell (1796–1870) was one of the most successful explorers of the Russian Arctic. After participating in V.M. Golovnin's circumnavigation in 1817–19, he was appointed the commander of the Kolyma group of the northeast Siberian expedition of 1820–24. Wrangell later became a hugely significant figure in the Russian Empire, serving as governor-general in Alaska, director of the Russian-American Company, and the head of the hydrographic department of the Russian Admiralty, before being made a baron and promoted to admiral. Later still he was the minister of the naval department and a member of the State Council, during which time he continued to support geographical and scientific exploration.

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Polar Record , Volume 37 , Issue 201 , April 2001 , pp. 151 - 153
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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