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Carl Ryder

1858 – 1923

Danish explorer

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Lived 1858 – 1923 (aged 64). Carl Ryder was a Danish explorer and naval officer.

Carl Hartvig Ryder (12 September 1858 – 3 May 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.

Biography Carl Ryder was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Frederik Valentiner Ryder (1821-1909) and his wife Henriette Sophie Cathrine Husmann (1836-1896). He entered a military career in the Royal Danish Navy becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1879 and Captain 1897.

He led an expedition to the Upernavik Distrikt in 1886-1887 and, most famously, the 1891-1892 expedition to East Greenland by the vessel Hekla. The way north from Ittoqqortoormiit was effectively blocked by ice. Instead, Ryder made the first comprehensive mapping of the entire Scoresby Sund fjord system, except for the inner part of Nordvestfjord.

He was a member of several other expeditions: The meteorological expedition 1882–83 to Nuuk led by Adam Paulsen The naturalist expedition to West Greenland with Eugenius Warming and Theo Holm in 1884 on the schooner Fylla J. A. D. Jensen's 1885 expedition

Personal life He married Ida Caroline Helene Clara Wolff (1864–1933) in 1888.

The Ryder Glacier in Greenland is named in his honour.

Literature Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

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Who was Carl Ryder?

Danish explorer

When was Carl Ryder born?

Carl Ryder was born on 12 September 1858 in Copenhagen.

When did Carl Ryder die?

Carl Ryder died on 3 May 1923 in Copenhagen.

What was Carl Ryder's occupation?

Carl Ryder was an explorer and naval officer.

What nationality was Carl Ryder?

Carl Ryder was Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Carl Ryder

· Wikidata: Q5040743

· DBpedia: Carl Ryder

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