Fyodor Matisen
Russian naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (1872–1921) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen (or Mathiesen) (Russian: Фёдор Андреевич Матисен) (1 June (O.S. 20 May) 1872, Saint Petersburg – 19 December 1921, Irkutsk) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Navy, hydrographer, and explorer.
Fyodor Andreyevich Matisen Фёдор Андреевич Матисен | |
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Born | (1872-06-01)1 June 1872 Saint Petersburg |
Died | 19 December 1921(1921-12-19) (aged 49) Irkutsk |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Navy |
Years of service | 1897–1917 |
Rank | Commander |
Commands held | Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 |
Awards | Order of St. Vladimir |
Other work | Fyodor Matisen |
Matisen explored and mapped wide areas of the coast of the Kara Sea and the Laptev Sea in the Russian Arctic. He was a friend of Alexander Kolchak and a member of the Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Academy of Sciences. After having been senior officer and second-in-command, Matisen became the captain of Polar ship Zarya during the last part of the Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 led by Baron Eduard von Toll.