Johann Haller (polar explorer)
Johann Haller (born June 30, 1844 in St. Leonhard in Passeier in South Tyrol , † February 16, 1906 in Obsteig ) was an Austrian North Pole driver.
Life
Haller was a participant in the war of 1866 with Austria against Italy and Prussia . In the subsequent Peace of Vienna, Veneto was surrendered to Italy and the borders redrawn. The KuK Oberleutnant Julius von Payer was commissioned in 1868 to survey this new border in the Adamello and Ortler area . Along with two other men, Johann Haller was one of Payer's companions. In his service report, Haller was praised as skillful, prudent, bold and upright.
During this time together, a special relationship of trust developed between Haller and Payer, so that a few years later Payer, as the head of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, which was being planned , asked Haller to take part in this expedition. Alexander Klotz , also from South Tyrol, accompanied Haller on this trip.
The expedition ship Admiral Tegetthoff left Bremerhaven on June 13, 1872 and was trapped in the ice near Novaya Zemlya at the end of August 1872 . While the ship was still trapped in the ice, Franz Joseph Land was discovered during this two-year drift . The Tyroler Fjord is reminiscent of the two Tyrolean expedition participants Haller and Klotz.
During this time Haller undertook numerous explorations as Payer's companion and assistant. After a period of hardship and after the Tegetthoff had given up , the survivors of the expedition were taken on board by the Russian fishing schooner Nikolai on August 24, 1874 .
In the fall of 1875 Haller took up a position as a forester in Obsteig in North Tyrol.
Johann Haller plays an important role in the novel The Horrors of Ice and Darkness by Christoph Ransmayr .
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| SURNAME | Haller, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian North Pole driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Leonhard in Passeier , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1906 |
| Place of death | Obsteig |