Georgy Sedov

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Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (Russian: Гео́ргий Я́ковлевич Седо́в; 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1877 – 5 March [O.S. 20 February] 1914) was a Russian Arctic explorer.

Sedov was born in the village of Krivaya Kosa of

From 1902 to 1903, Sedov participated in a hydrographic expedition in the Arctic Ocean. In 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, he was in charge of a torpedo boat. In 1909, he led the expedition that would later describe the mouth of the Kolyma River. The following year, Sedov explored the Krestovaya Bay on Novaya Zemlya.

In 1912, he proposed a

On February 2 (15), 1914, Sedov (already sick with scurvy) and his accompanying seamen G. Linnik and A. Pustotniy set off for the North Pole with their draft dogs. Before reaching Rudolf Island, Sedov died at sea and was buried Cape Auk on the island. On the way back, at Franz Josef Land, the Svyatoy Foka rescued two survivors of the Brusilov expedition, including Valerian Albanov. As part of the search for the Sedov expedition, Jan Nagórski made the first airplane flights over the Arctic, gaining valuable experience for later aeronautical expeditions to the region.

Two

• 
  A 1952

  U.S.S.R. postage stamp

  issued in honor of the 75th anniversary of Sedov's birth
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  A 1977

  U.S.S.R. postage stamp

  issued in honor of the centennial of Sedov's birth
• 
  Bust of Georgy Sedov in Arkhangelsk

See also

• Jan Nagórski
• Professor Vize
• Nikolai Pinegin

Sources

• Artykuł w Bolshoy Sovetskoy Enciklopedii (in Russian)

References