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Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
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Julius von Payer
19th-century Austro-Hungarian army officer, mountaineer, arctic explorer, and cartographer
Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer, ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Theresian Military Academy. He is chiefly known for the Austro-Hungarian North…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Karl Weyprecht
Austrian explorer (1838–1881)
Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, was an Austro-Hungarian explorer. He was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. He is most famous as an Arctic explorer, and an advocate of international cooperation for scientific polar exploration. Although he did not live to see it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Archipelago
Collection of islands
An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Stockholm…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Franz Josef Land
Archipelago in the Arctic
Franz Josef Land is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited only by military personnel. It constitutes the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast and consists of 192 islands, which cover an area of 16,134 square kilometers (6,229 sq mi), stretching 375…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)