branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
austria-hungary co-led austro-hungarian north pole expedition that discovered franz josef land , with julius von payer , the 1872-1874 3 march 1881 michelstadt darmstadt , germany austria-hungary austro-sardinian war battle of lissa -lrb- 1866 -rrb- 8 september 1838 '' k.u.k. linienschiffsleutnant '' karl weyprecht.jpg karl weyprecht
 karl weyprecht
karl weyprecht

karl weyprecht , also spelt carl weyprecht , -lrb- 8 september 1838 -- 2 march 1881 -rrb- was an austro-hungarian explorer .
he was an officer -lrb- `` k.u.k. linienschiffsleutnant '' -rrb- in the austro-hungarian navy .
he is most famous as an arctic explorer , and an advocate of international cooperation for scientific polar exploration .
although he did not live to see it occur , he is associated with the organisation of the first international polar year .
in 1856 , he joined the austro-hungarian navy -lrb- `` kriegsmarine '' -rrb- as a provisional sea cadet .
he served in the austro-sardinian war .
from 1860 to 1862 , he served on the frigate `` radetzky '' under the command of admiral tegetthoff .
from 1863 to 1865 , he was instructional officer on the training ship `` hussar . ''
on 23 july 1865 , he became known to the german geographer august petermann at a meeting of the `` geographic society '' in frankfurt .
he served in the 20 july 1866 sea battle at lissa , aboard the battleship `` drache '' .
he met julius von payer in 1870 , and made a preliminary expedition with payer to novaya zemlya in 1871 .
on 18 february 1872 , weyprecht gained citizenship in austria-hungary .
he co-led , with julius von payer , the 1872-1874 austro-hungarian north pole expedition which discovered the archipelago franz josef land in the arctic ocean .
the expedition 's ship `` admiral tegetthoff '' was abandoned in the pack ice .
the expedition then moved on sledges to go further north , then to open water , where they used boats to reach the black cape of novaya zemlya and would eventually contact a russian schooner , `` nikolaj '' , under captain feodor veronin , and get to vardø , norway , where they took the mail boat south and eventually returned to vienna .
he was awarded the 1875 royal geographical society 's founder 's gold medal on 18 september 1875 , he addressed the 48th meeting of german scientists and physicians in graz , austria .
he reported the `` basic principles of arctic research '' and suggested that fixed arctic observation stations should be established .
according to weyprecht , it was important to organize a network of arctic stations taking regular measurements of weather and ice conditions with identical devices and at preestablished intervals .
in 1879 , he presented these ideas , along with george neumayer 's to the 2nd international congress of meteorologists in rome .
karl weyprecht died of tuberculosis in 1881 .
