Edvard Holm Johannesen

Edvard Holm Johannesen (* 1844 in Middagsbukta, Balsfjord , † December 17, 1901 in Balsfjord) was a Norwegian captain, seafarer and explorer.

Life

He described his pioneering ventures, especially in the Kara Sea with the circumnavigation of Novaya Zemlya , in a contribution to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , for which he received a silver and a gold medal in 1869 and 1870.

In 1878 he was enclosed by the ice in the Kara Sea and discovered an island of 20 square kilometers at 82.5 ° east, which he called Ensomheden (solitude) .

Johannesen died in a shipwreck in the Balsfjord . His remains have not been found.

Individual evidence

^ Edvard Holm Johannesen . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 34 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Johannesen, Edvard Holm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian seafarer and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH	1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	Balsfjord
DATE OF DEATH	December 17, 1901
Place of death	Balsfjord

[1] Edvard Holm Johannesen . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 34 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).