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Hovgard Andreas Peter (01.11.1853 – 15.03.1910)
Until his entry into the Danish Navy information is scarce. In 1874 he was promoted to sub-lieutenant, in 1976 - lieutenant. In 1878, Hovgard was included in the Arctic expedition A.E.Nordenskiöld on the ship "Vega", in which he was responsible for meteorological and geomagnetic observations. Upon his return from the expedition, which, as you know, managed to pass the Northeast Passage for the first time, Hovgard published the report “Nordenskiölds rejse omkring Asien og Europa” (“Nordenskjold's Journey through Asia and Europe”). The year 1882 was declared the First International Polar Year. The program of his research announced the participation of 12 countries, including Denmark, whose task was to organize a polar station at Cape Chelyuskin. To solve this problem, the Danish government equipped an expedition aboard the ship Dymphna, headed by Hovgard. After the construction of the station was supposed to go north to the pole. The ice situation in the Kara Sea in the summer of 1882 was very difficult. In the strait, the Yugorsky Balloon Dymphna was sandwiched and was forced to stay for the winter, just like the Dutch vessel Varna and the Norwegian steamer Luisa, which came a little earlier. July 24, 1883 "Varna" was crushed by ice and sank. Its crew went to the “Dymphna”, and then, having three sleds and four boats, headed for the land onto the land, but soon went to the “Louise”, which brought them home. “Dymphna” managed to escape from the ice captivity in September 1883. The implementation of the program of the Polar Year was frustrated. In 1887, Hovgard served on the Danish battleship "Dannebrog", then during 1890-1893 was the captain of the mail ship "Taira", which cruised along the route Faroe Islands - Iceland. Later, he was a member of the Heimdall cruiser and coastal defense vessel “Olfert Fisher. From 1907 to 1909, Hovgard was president of the Danish Naval Officers Association. Islands in the Rasmussen Basin in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago at equal distance between Joa Haven on King-William Island (20 km north) and Pechell Point on the Adelaide Peninsula (20 km). An island in the Mathisen Strait in the Kara Sea. Named by the expedition of Nordenskiöld in 1878. Cape in the south of this island. |
