Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel, in Russian: Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel' (Фердинанд Петрович Врангель), (December 29, 1796 (January 9, 1797), Pskov, Russia — May 25 (June 6), 1870, Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia)), Baltic German navigator, admiral, Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St.Petersburg (1855), one of the founders of the Russian Geographic Society. In English texts, Wrangel is sometimes spelled Vrangel, a transliteration from Russian which more closely represents its pronunciation in German, or Wrangell. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 10-ruble Russian coin of 2003 in the Ancient cities of Russia series - commemorating Pskov Pskov (Псков, ancient spelling Пльсковъ, also Pihkva (Estonian), Pleskau (German) and Psków (Polish)) is an ancient Russian city, located in the north-west of Russia near the present-day border with Estonia, on the river... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Image of Tartu street Tartu (German, Polish Dorpat, Russian Юpьeв Yuryev) is the second largest city of Estonia, with its population of 101,246 (the Population Census data is from 2000) in an area of 38. ... The Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten, Deutschbalten, sometimes incorrectly Baltendeutsche), were ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea which forms today the countries of Estonia and Latvia. ... A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... It was an establishment set up by Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel. ...

Wrangel graduated from the Naval College in 1815. He took part in Vasily Golovnin's world cruise on the ship "Kamchatka" in 1817-1819. Wrangel led the Kolymskaya expedition in search of northern lands. He established that north of the Kolyma River and Cape Shelagsky there was an open sea, not dry land, as people thought. Together with Fyodor Matyushkin and P.Kuzmin, Wrangel described the siberian coastline from the Indigirka River to the Kolyuchinskaya Bay. His expedition made a valuable research in glaciology, geomagnetics, and climatology and also collected data about natural resources and native population of that remote area. The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Vasily (Vassili) Mikhailovich Golovnin (Головнин, Василий Михайлович in Russian) (4. ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Kolyma River (Колыма́) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Republic of Sakha, Chukotka, and Magadan oblast. ... Fyodor Fyodorovich Matyushkin (Матюшкин, Федор Федорович in Russian) (7. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... The Indigirka River (Индигирка in Russian), a river in Sakha in Russia. ... Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... The cause of Earths magnetic field (the surface magnetic field) is not known for certain, but is possibly explained by dynamo theory. ... Climatology is the study of climate, and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences. ...

After noticing swarms of birds flying north and questioning native population, he determined that there must be an undiscovered island in the Arctic Ocean and started in 1820 a four year long expedition to search for it. Even though it was unsuccessfull the island was later named Wrangel Island to honour him and his endeavor. School of juvenile herring - many fish have the opercula wide open for ram feeding and you can see the red gills The term swarm (schooling or swarming) is applied to fish, birds and insects and describes a behavior of an aggregation (school) of animals of similar size and body orientation... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Wrangel Island (Russian: Остров Врангеля Ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, and belonging to the Russian Federation. ...

Wrangel led the Russian world cruise on the ship "Krotky" in 1825-1827. He held a post of the chief administrator of the Russian settlements in North America in 1829-1835. Wrangel was the president of the Russian-American Company in 1840-1849. He also was the Minister of the Navy in 1855-1857. 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A reference to colonization, or the resulting communities. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Russian-American Company was a semi-official colonial trading company started by Grigory Shelikhov and Nikolai Rezanov and chartered by tsar Paul I in 1799. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Wrangel retired in 1864. He was opposed to selling Alaska to the United States. Wrangel wrote a book "Journey along the northern coastline of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean" and a few other books about the people of the northwestern America. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official language(s) English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 571,951 mi² / 1,481...

Places named after Wrangel

• Wrangel Island, the arctic island north of Chukotka he failed to discover
• Wrangell Island, a pacific island in the Alexander Archipelago, off the coast of Alaska
  • Wrangell, Alaska, a city on Wrangell Island and one of the oldest non-native settlements in Alaska
  • Wrangell Airport, an airport near Wrangell, Alaska
  • Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area a census area containing Wrangell Island.
• Wrangell Narrows, a winding channel in the Alexander Archipelago
• Cape Wrangell of Attu Island, the westernmost point of Alaska (and the USA)
• Mount Wrangell, a volcano in Alaska
  • Wrangell Volcanic Belt, named after Mount Wrangell
  • Wrangell Mountains, named after Mount Wrangell
  • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, named after Wrangell mountains