August Petermann Jeannette Expedition

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august petermann


the smith sound route not favored everyone; among rejected leading geographer , map-maker august petermann, gotha in germany, known sage of gotha . firm believer in open polar sea theory, believed portal found following gulf stream, swept coast of norway unexplored arctic regions. peterman thought current weaken or penetrate protective ice ring, , sturdily-built steamer following course of stream might able break through supposed polar sea.


after 2 expeditions sponsored petermann—the german north polar expedition of 1869 led carl koldewey, , austro-hungarian north pole expedition of 1872 under karl weyprecht , julius von payer—had followed separate branches of gulf stream failed break through ice, petermann grew dispirited. in year before took own life in 1878 transferred advocacy kuro siwo, pacific ocean current analyzed in 1850s hydrographer silas bent. petermann followed bent in believing branch of kuro siwo flowed through bering strait, , might powerful enough create path polar sea. @ time no 1 had attempted reach polar sea route.








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