German North Polar Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_North_Polar_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:casualties none
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Northeast_Greenland
gptkbp:endDate 1870
gptkbp:fieldOfWork geography
meteorology
oceanography
glaciology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German North Polar Expedition
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Carl_Koldewey
gptkbp:locationDiscovered gptkb:Kaiser_Franz_Joseph_Fjord
gptkb:Shannon_Island
gptkb:Sabine_Island
gptkbp:notableAchievement first detailed survey of Northeast Greenland coast
gptkbp:notableEvent Germania reached 77°N latitude
Hansa was crushed by ice
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Julius_Payer
gptkb:Karl_von_Heuglin
gptkb:Rudolf_H._H._Meyer
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Die_zweite_Deutsche_Nordpolarfahrt_in_den_Jahren_1869_und_1870
gptkbp:purpose exploration of the Arctic
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Second_German_North_Polar_Expedition
gptkbp:result scientific observations
mapping of Greenland coast
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:Germania
gptkb:Hansa
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:German_Society_for_the_Exploration_of_the_Polar_Regions
gptkbp:startDate 1869
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northeast_Greenland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6