List of topics named after Carl Friedrich Gauss — Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 ndash; 1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. Topics including Gauss *Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, a mathematics award *Degaussing, to demagnetize an object *Gauss (unit), a unit of magnetic field (B)… … Wikipedia
Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh — (January 31, 1910 June 8, 1948) was a Swedish palaeontologist and geologist. Säve Söderbergh was born at Falun, the son of the neurologist Gotthard Söderbergh and Inga Säve. He passed his G.C.E. at Gothenburg in 1928 and took bachelor s and… … Wikipedia
Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord — ( Kejser Franz Josef Fjord on Norwegian maps) is a major fjord system in East Greenland, bounded by Suess Land and Ymer Island to the South, and Frænkel Land, Andrée Land and Gauss Peninsula to the North. It was discovered and partially explored… … Wikipedia
Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh — (* 31. Januar 1910 in Falun; † 8. Juni 1948) war ein schwedischer Paläontologe und Geologe. Säve Söderbergh wurde in Falun als Sohn des Neurologen Gotthard Söderbergh und Inga Säve geboren. Er schloss seine schulische Ausbildung 1928 in Göteborg… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Northwest Passage — For other uses, see Northwest Passage (disambiguation). Northwest Passage routes The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the … Wikipedia
History of research ships — The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. By the time of James Cook s Endeavour , the essentials of what today we would call a research ship are clearly apparent. In 1766, the Royal Society hired Cook to travel to the… … Wikipedia
Northern Sea Route — A graphical comparison between the North East Passage (blue) and an alternative route through Suez Canal (red) The Northern Sea Route (Russian: Северный морской путь, Severnyy morskoy put’, shortened to Sevmorput ) is a shipping lane officially… … Wikipedia
Alexander von Middendorff — Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1855) Coat of arms of Middendorff family Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (Russian … Wikipedia
Otto Nordenskiöld — The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Otto Nordenskiold. Otto Nordenskiöld Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (December 6, 1869 – June 2, 1928) was a Finnish and… … Wikipedia
Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… … Universalium