16 Facts About Vladimir Wiese

Vladimir Yulyevich Wiese was a Russian scientist of German descent who devoted his life to the study of the Arctic ice pack.

Vladimir Wiese's name is associated with the Scientific Prediction of Ice Conditions theory.

Vladimir Wiese was the founder of the Geographico-hydrological School of Oceanography.

Vladimir Wiese was born to German immigrants to Saint Petersburg, Julius Friedrich Franz Vladimir Wiese and Lydia Karoline Amalie Gertrud Blass.

Vladimir Wiese graduated from the Saint Petersburg University and the University of Gottingen.

Vladimir Wiese detected an odd deviation of the path of the ship's drift caused by certain variations of the patterns of sea and ice currents.

Vladimir Wiese concluded that the deviation was caused by the presence of an undiscovered island, whose coordinates he could accurately calculate thanks to the availability of the successive positions of the St Anna during its drift.

In July 1931 Vladimir Wiese led an expedition on icebreaking steamer Malygin to Franz Josef Land and the northern part of the Kara Sea.

Vladimir Wiese carried out meteorological, electromagnetic and hydrological observations during this expedition.

Vladimir Wiese's intention was to carry out deep-sea oceanographic research in the Arctic basin, but due to fog and bad weather he reluctantly gave up and the expedition headed south.

Vladimir Wiese had hoped to carry out oceanographic research in the then little-explored northern part of the Kara Sea, but the ice concentrations became progressively heavier until it was decided to turn back.

Vladimir Wiese's proposal was accepted only in 1935, resulting in the North Pole-1 expedition.

Vladimir Wiese took part in its preparation, but could not participate due to declining health.

Vladimir Wiese went into his final expedition in 1937, on icebreaker Sadko.

In 1933 Vladimir Wiese was elected as a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Vladimir Wiese was awarded two Orders of Lenin and a Stalin Prize.