page_title: Karl-Alexander Island
section_title: Adjacent islands
hierarchical_section_title: Karl-Alexander Island / Adjacent islands
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Torups øy. Ett av bildene fra ekspedisjonen med polarskip mot Nordpolen i perioden 24 juni 1893 til 13 august 1896. Etter planen skulle skipet drive i isen med havstrømmer fra Sibirkysten over Nordpolen mot Grønland. I mars 1895 foretok Fridtjof Nansen sammen med en ledsager en hasardiøs skiferd med hundesleder i forsøket på å komme til polpunktet. English: Torup's Island. One of the pictures from the expedition with arctic ship toward the North Pole in the period June 24, 1893 to August 13, 1896. According to the plan, the ship was to drift in the ice with the ocean current from the coast of Siberia across the North Pole to Greenland. In March 1895, Fridtjof Nansen, together with a companion, set out on a hazardous expedition with skis and dogsledges, in an attempt to reach the pole itself. Deutsch: Torups Insel. Eines der Bilder von der Expedition mit dem Polarschiff zum Nordpol in der Zeit 24. Juni 1893 bis 13. August 1896. Nach dem Plan sollte das Schiff im Eis mit den Meeresströmungen von der sibirischen Küsten über den Nordpol nach Grönland treiben. Im März 1895 unternahm Fridtjof Nansen zusammen mit einem Begleiter einen abenteuerlichen Skimarsch mit Hundeschlitten in einem Versuch zum Polpunkt zu kommen. Español: Isla de Torup. Una de las fotos de la expedición con la nave polar hacia el Polo Norte en el periodo entre el 24 de junio 1893 al 13 de augosto 1896. Según los planes, el barco iba a estar a la deriva en el hielo y dejarse llevar por las corrientes marinas desde la costa de Siberia hacia Groenlandia. En marzo 1895 Fridtjof Nansen y un acompañante emprendieron un intento arriesgado con esquís y trineo de perro para llegar al punto polar. Nederlands: Het Torupseiland. Een foto van de expeditie met een poolschip naar de Noordpool van 24 juni 1893 tot 13 augustus 1896. Het plan was het schip door de oceaanstroming mee te laten drijven in het ijs vanaf de Siberische kust over de Noordpool naar Groenland. In maart 1895 ondernam Fridtjof Nansen met een reisgenoot een gevaarlijke expeditie op ski's en met hondesleden om naar de Noordpool te komen. Depicted place: Russland, Frans Josefs Land, Torups Øy
context_page_description: Karl Alexander Island, also known as Zemlya Karla-Alexandra, is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.
context_section_description: Off Karl Alexander Island's northwestern point lie the Chichagov Islands (Острова чичагова; Ostrova Chichagova). These islands were named after Arctic explorer Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov (1767-1848), the son of Admiral Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov of the Russian Navy.
  To the west of Karl Alexander Island's southwestern point lie the Pontremoli Islands (Острова Понтремоли; Ostrova Pontremoli), at lat 81° 24' N; long 56° 27' E. They are named after Prof. Aldo Pontremoli, professor of Physics at the University of Milan, who died during the Umberto Nobile Polar expedition with the  Dirigibile ITALIA in 1928. It was just Umberto Nobile who suggested to name them after prof. Pontremoli, during an expedition in that area in 1931 with the icebreaker ship Malyghin.
  There are four small islets off Karl Alexander Island's northeastern shores:
  The largest one is called Torup Island (Остров Торупа; Ostrov Torup), located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 27' E . It is named after Sophus Torup (1861-1937) professor of physiology and friend of Fridtjof Nansen
  Ostrov Solov'yëva is located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 23' E.
  Northeast of Torup Island lies smaller Coburg Island (Остров Кобург; Ostrov Koburg), at lat 81° 52' N; long 58° 14' E. This island is named after the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty. Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, the wife of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (after whom Rudolf Island was named) belonged to this dynasty.
  Ostrov Khouena (Гоуэн), is located at lat 81° 49' N; long 58° 32' E. The island was named by Fridtjof Nansen after Anton Christian Houen (1823-1894), a Norwegian merchant whose philanthropy supported construction of Nansen's ship, the Fram.
caption: Torup Island
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