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Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer. Fuchs in 2006 Sailing boat Dagmar Aaen. On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a parasail. That made him the first person to reach both poles by foot within one year.
1989: Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner are the first to reach the South Pole and cross Antarctica (1,750 miles route) with neither animal nor motorised help 1991-1992 : Lonnie Dupre completes first west to east winter crossing of arctic Canada traveling by dog team from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska via the northwest passage before turning south ending ...
He returned to Europe the following summer through the Northwest Passage. [41] The same year Arved Fuchs and its crew sailed the Northeast Passage with the Dagmar Aaen. [42] The Northern Sea Route was opened by receding ice in 2005 but was closed by 2007. The amount of polar ice had receded to 2005 levels in August 2008.
Wilczek Island was the first island of the Franz Josef Archipelago on which the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition set foot on November 1, 1873. A grave was dug ashore for Otto Krisch, a deceased member of the expedition and a cairn was erected with a message in a sealed container in it informing about the new discovery.
Arved Fuchs (born 1953), German writer and adventurer; Benjamin Fuchs (born 1983), German-Austrian footballer; Bernard Fuchs (1916–2005), French pilot and hero of the Second World War; Bernie Fuchs (1932–2009), American illustrator; Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator; Charlie Fuchs (1912–1969), American ...
On February 1, 1896, Tuttle fulfilled the first part of her agreement with Flagler by signing two deeds to transfer land for his hotel and the 100 acres (0.4 km 2) of land near the hotel site to him. The titles to the Brickell and Tuttle properties were based on early Spanish land grants and had to be determined to be clear of conflict before ...
A majority of the people who bought land in Florida hired intermediaries to accomplish the transactions. By 1924, the main issues in state elections were how to attract more industry and the need to build and maintain good roads for tourists. [90] During the time frame, the population grew from less than one million in 1920, to 1,263,540 in 1925.
Launching the James Caird from the shore of Elephant Island, 24 April 1916. The voyage of the James Caird was a journey of 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands through the Southern Ocean to South Georgia, undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions to obtain rescue for the main body of the stranded Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 ...