Ada Blackjack

Ada Blackjack

female, deceased (1983)
Ada Blackjack, (1898-1983) was an Inuit woman who lived for two years as a castaway on uninhabited Wrangel Island in northern Siberia.
Robert Bartlett

Robert Bartlett

male, deceased (1946)
Captain Robert Abram Bartlett (August 15, 1875 - April 28, 1946) was a notable ice navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th...
Ferdinand von Wrangel

Ferdinand von Wrangel

male, deceased (1870)
Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel ("Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel"; December 29, 1796 (January 9, 1797), Pskov, Russia-May 25 (June 6), 1870, Dorpat (now...

Henry Kellett

male, deceased (1875)
Sir Henry Kellett was a British naval officer and explorer. Kellett joined the British navy in 1822. He spent five years in the West Indies and...
Georgy Ushakov

Georgy Ushakov

male, deceased (1963)
Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (January 17(30), 1901 - December 3, 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1950). In...
William F. Reynolds

William F. Reynolds

male, deceased (1944)
William F. Reynolds (January 11, 1860 - January 25, 1944) served as the fifth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, from 1919 to 1924. He...
Edward William Nelson

Edward William Nelson

male, deceased (1934)
Edward William Nelson (May 8, 1855 - May 19, 1934) was an American naturalist and ethnologist. In 1877 Nelson joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps....