Georgy Brusilov | |
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| Born | May 19, 1884 |
| Disappeared | 1914 (aged 29–30) |
| Died | Unknown |
| Occupation | naval officer |
Georgy Lvovich Brusilov (Russian:Гео́ргий Льво́вич Бруси́лов; May 19, 1884 – disappeared in 1914) was a Russiannaval officer of theImperial Russian Navy and anArctic explorer. His father, Lev Brusilov, was also a naval officer.
In 1912 Brusilov led a maritime expedition which was intended to explore and map a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific via a northeast passage, also called theNorthern Sea Route. His expedition disappeared almost without a trace, and despite searches its ultimate fate was unknown until 2010.
During 1910–1911, Georgy Brusilov participated in theArctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition of theRussian Hydrographic Service onicebreakersTaymyr andVaygach, visiting theChukchi Sea andEast Siberian Sea.
In 1912, Brusilov commanded theBrusilov Expedition using thebrigSt. Anna, which was intended to travel from theAtlantic Ocean to thePacific by theNorthern Sea Route.[1] One of the members of the expedition was a 22-year-old nurse, Yerminia Zhdanko, daughter of a general who had been a hero in theRusso-Japanese War.
By mid-September, Captain Brusilov's expedition reached theKara Sea through theYugorsky Shar Strait, but soon became icebound near the western shores of theYamal Peninsula and was drifting helplessly towards the north. Brusilov wintered in the hope of seeing his ship freed in the next year's thaw. However, the summer of 1913 came and theSt. Anna remained locked in sea ice. It drifted far north with the pack ice, leaving theKara Sea and entering theArctic Ocean. Captain Brusilov became ill and was bedridden for months. Many members of the crew succumbed toscurvy.
During the spring of 1914, Brusilov's lieutenant,Valerian Albanov, along with some members of theSt.Anna's crew, abandoned the ship and tried to walk south over the drifting ice. The only two survivors – navigator Valerian Albanov and sailorAlexander Konrad – managed to reachCape Flora inFranz Josef Land. There they were rescued by the expedition ofGeorgy Sedov on the shipSt. Foka.
The almost impossible task of searching for Brusilov (and geologistVladimir Rusanov from another expedition), was entrusted toOtto Sverdrup with the shipEklips in 1914–15. His efforts were unsuccessful and the fate of the Brusilov expedition was unknown until 2010.
In 2010, explorers announced that they had found the bones of a crew-member of Brusilov's expedition.[citation needed]
Later in 2010, explorers announced the finding of a crew-member's logbook and various other artifacts on the shores ofFranz Josef Land.[1][2]
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