Wiese V.Y., (1886-1954), oceanologist, explorer of the Arctic Zone

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WIESE Vladimir Yulievich (1886, St. Petersburg - 1954), scientist, explorer of the Arctic Zone, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1933). Graduated from Gottingen University in 1910. In 1912-14, took part in G.Y. Sedov's polar expedition. From 1928, worked as a research assistant at the Arctic Institute. In 1945 also worked as a professor at Leningrad State University. Served as research manager for expeditions on several ships, including Georgy Sedov (1930), Sibiryakov (1932) and Litke (1934). Wrote about the problems of oceanology, meteorology and ice forecasting in the Arctic. Wiese received the Stalin Prize in 1946. In the 1930s, he lived at 11 Twentieth Line of Vasilievsky Island. Buried at Literatorskie Mostky. Many geographic locations have been named after him.

References: Буйницкий В. X. Владимир Юльевич Визе. Л., 1969; Трешников А. Ф. Их именами названы корабли науки: Проф. Визе. Проф. Зубов. М. Сомов. 2-е изд. Л., 1984.

O. N. Ansberg. Wiese Vladimir Yulievich
20th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Буйницкий В. X. Владимир Юльевич Визе. Л., 1969
Трешников А. Ф. Их именами названы корабли науки: Проф. Визе. Проф. Зубов. М. Сомов. 2-е изд. Л., 1984 Russian Academy of Sciences
Arctic and Antarctic Institute
Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis