Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (1881 - 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the ill-fated Brusilov expedition of 1912. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Georgy Lvovich Brusilov (Георгий Львович Брусилов or Hryhoriy Brusylov (1884 in Mykolayiv, Ukraine - 1914? was a Russian Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
Albanov was born in 1881 in Voronezh and was raised by his uncle in the city of Ufa. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a large city in southwestern Russia not far from Ukraine. Ufa (Уфа́ Өфө Öfö; Уфа|Ufa Ӗпхӳ Ephü) is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. At the age of seventeen he entered the Naval College at Saint Petersburg, from which he graduated in 1904. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on He served on board a number of ships before signing on as navigator aboard the Saint Anna under Georgy Brusilov for an expedition intended to traverse the Northeast Passage (a feat which had only been successfully performed once before, by the Finnish explorer Nordenskiöld). The Svyataya Anna or St Anna, named after Saint Anne, was a Russian ship built in England Georgy Lvovich Brusilov (Георгий Львович Брусилов or Hryhoriy Brusylov (1884 in Mykolayiv, Ukraine - 1914? was a Russian The Northern Sea Route (Се́верный морско́й путь Severniy morskoy put’) is a Shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Baron (Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, also known as A E Nordenskioeld (November 18 1832 Helsinki, Finland &mdash August 12 1901 Dalby Skåne
The expedition was ill-planned and ill-executed by Captain Brusilov, and the Saint Anna became locked in the polar ice of the Kara Sea in October 1912. Sea ice is formed from Ocean water that freezes Because the Oceans consist of Saltwater, this occurs at about -1 The Kara Sea ( Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Supplies were abundant, so officers and crew prepared themselves for wintering, hoping to be freed in the following year's thaw.
However, during 1913 the sea remained completely frozen. By early 1914 the ship had drifted with the ice NW of Franz Josef Land and did not seem likely to be freed that year either. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or Francis Joseph's Land ( Russ Albanov, believing that their position was hopeless, requested permission from Captain Brusilov to be relieved from his duties as second-in-command in order to leave the ship and attempt to return to civilization on foot. Albanov's aim was to reach Hvidtenland, the northeastermost island group of Franz Josef Land. Belaya Zemlya ( Белая Земля lit "White Land" is a group of three cold glacierized islands Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or Francis Joseph's Land ( Russ He used Fridtjof Nansen's inaccurate map, full of dotted lines where the archipelago was still unexplored. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (October 10 1861 – May 13 1930 was a Norwegian Explorer, Scientist and Diplomat.
Thirteen other crewmen accompanied Albanov when he travelled south-westwards by ski, sledge, and kayak. A ski is a long flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow A sled, sledge or sleigh is a Vehicle with runners for sliding instead of wheels for rolling A kayak is a small human-powered Boat. It typically has a covered deck and a cockpit covered by a Spraydeck. The progress was difficult because of the cracks in the ice, the numerous polynias and the abundance of ridges which made progress slow. A polynya (common US spelling or polynia (common UK spelling ( is an area of open water surrounded by Sea ice. After a long and gruesome ordeal, only Albanov and one crewman, Alexander Konrad, made it to Cape Flora in Franz Josef Land, where they knew that Fridtjof Nansen had left provisions and a hut in a previous expedition. Alexander Konrad, born (? died 1940 in Leningrad was a Russian sailor Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or Francis Joseph's Land ( Russ Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (October 10 1861 – May 13 1930 was a Norwegian Explorer, Scientist and Diplomat. Albanov and Konrad were timely rescued by the Saint Foka, while they were preparing for the winter. Georgiy Yakovlevich Sedov (Георгий Яковлевич Седов ( April 23 ( May 5) 1877 &mdash February 20 ( March 5) 1914 was
Albanov was later convinced to write up his memoirs of his adventure, and they were first published in Saint Petersburg in 1917. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Albanov returned to the sea, but died only a few years later. Accounts of his death vary, with some having him die of typhoid, and some reporting that he was killed in the explosion of a railway wagon carrying ammunitions in Achinsk, Siberia. Achinsk (А́чинск is a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Chulym River near its intersection Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving
The data about the drift of the St. Anna on the pack ice of the Kara Sea supplied by Albanov were carefully studied in 1924 by Soviet oceanographer V. Yu. Vize. The Kara Sea ( Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Professor Vladimir Yulyevitch Vize (Russian Владимир Юльевич Визе 21 February 1886, Tsarskoe Selo - 19 February, 1954 He detected an odd deviation of the path of the ship's drift caused by certain variations of the patterns of sea and ice currents. Professor Vize deemed that the deviation was caused by the presence of an undiscovered island whose coordinates he was able to calculate with precision thanks to Albanov's data. This island was later discovered and named Vize Island. Vize Island or Wiese Island (Russian Остров Визе Ostrov Vize or Земля Визе Zemlya Vize) is an isolated island located in the
In 1975, Arctic expert William Barr wrote, "The name of Valerian Ivanovich Albanov must be ranked among those of the immortals of polar exploration. William Barr may refer to William Barr (politician (born 1950 77th Attorney General of the United States William Barr (Arctic historian "
A glacier in October Revolution Island, in the Severnaya Zemlya group has been named after Valerian Albanov. October Revolution Island ( Russian: Остров Октябрьской Революции Ostrov Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii) is the largest Island Severnaya Zemlya (Се́верная Земля́ Northern Land) is an Archipelago in the Russian high Arctic at around.
External links
- Valerian Albanov. In the Land of White Death
- William Barr. 'The First Tourist Cruise in the Soviet Arctic'.
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