George Nares

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Arctic explorer Royal Navy officer explorer human

George Nares was a 19th-century British naval officer and explorer best known for leading the pioneering oceanographic expedition of HMS Challenger.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic explorer ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ
surface form: Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1831-04-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1915-01-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Naval School, New Cross ⓘ
familyName Nares ⓘ
fieldOfWork hydrography ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
polar exploration ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasHonor CB ⓘ
KCB ⓘ
hasPublication Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. Ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ ⓘ
Seamanship (textbook) ⓘ
honorificTitle Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
knownFor contributions to hydrographic surveying ⓘ
leading the British Arctic Expedition towards the North Pole ⓘ
pioneering work in Arctic navigation ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
name George Strong Nares ⓘ
notableAchievement reaching a then-record farthest north latitude in 1876 ⓘ
notableExpedition British Arctic Expedition (1875–1876) ⓘ
surface form: British Arctic Expedition of 1875–1876
notableWork British Arctic Expedition (1875–1876) ⓘ
command of HMS Alert ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participantIn Arctic exploration in the 19th century ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cwmbran ⓘ
Monmouthshire ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Surbiton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
positionHeld hydrographer in the Royal Navy ⓘ
shipCommanded HMS Alert ⓘ
HMS Challenger ⓘ
HMS Newport NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Salamander NERFINISHED ⓘ

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HMS Challenger → commandedBy → George Nares ⓘ
Nares Strait → namedAfter → George Nares ⓘ
Challenger expedition → commander → George Nares ⓘ