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    Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, (8 September 1838 – 2 March 1881[inconsistent]) was an Austro-Hungarian explorer. He was an officer (k.u.k...
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    Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1926, the Soviet...
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    that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef Land....
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  • international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875,...
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    26, 1976. p. 3. "Weyprecht-Gedenkveranstaltung in Michelstadt (Odenwald) am 29. März 2006, dem 125. Todestag Karl Wepyrechts (Weyprecht commemorative event...
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    to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the easternmost point of Europe. Karl Weyprecht, the expedition's secondary leader, claimed the second intended destination...
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  • Svalbard, in the area known as Olav V Land. The cape is named after Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian officer and polar explorer. Together with Julius...
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    Park. The fjord is named after Austro-Hungarian Arctic explorer Karl Weyprecht. Weyprecht Fjord is located east of the De Long Fjord. It opens to the northwest...
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    expedition which lasted from 1872 to 1874. Led by the naval officer Karl Weyprecht and the infantry officer and landscape artist Julius Payer, the custom-built...
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    Mosselbukta 1872–1874: Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Captain Karl Weyprecht discovers Franz Josef Land 1873: Benjamin Leigh Smith comes to Nordenskiöld's...
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