Along with Swedish millionaire Oscar Dickson and Russian magnate Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov, he was the patron of a number of pioneering Arctic expeditions in the 1800s.
Xunto co millonario sueco Oscar Dickson e o magnate ruso Aleksandr Mikháilovich Sibiriákov, foi o patrocinador de gran número de expediciómns pioneiras árticas na década de 1800.