Ernst Krenkel

Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (Russian: Эрнст Теодо́рович Кре́нкель; 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1903 in Białystok[1] – 8 December 1971 in Moscow) was a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1938). Amateur radio callsigns: U3AA, UA3AA, RAEM.

Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel
Born24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1903
Białystok, Russian Empire
Died8 December 1971(1971-12-08) (aged 67)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationGeographer, explorer
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
E. Krenkel as Polar radio operator on the cover of Radiofront magazine. 1937

Early life

Krenkel was born in Białystok, now Poland, to a German family.

Career

Ernst Krenkel was a radioman on polar stations

  • Matochkin Shar (1924–1925, 1927–1928),
  • Tikhaya Bay (1929–1930),
  • Cape Olovyanniy (1935–1936), and
  • Domashniy Island (1936).

He took part in Arctic expeditions on the Graf Zeppelin airship (1931), icebreaker Sibiryakov, steamship SS Chelyuskin (1933–1934, callsign RAEM). He was also a radioman on the first drifting ice station North Pole-1 (1937-1938, callsign UPOL).[2] He is known to have set a world record by establishing a long-distance radio communication between Franz Josef Land and Antarctica.

In 1938, Krenkel went on to work for Glavsevmorput. Later in his life he was employed in the radio industry. In 1951, he was hired by the scientific research institute of hydrometeorological instrument-making, becoming its director in 1969.

Ernst Krenkel was deputy of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1937—1946), chairman of Radio Sport Federation of the Soviet Union, chairman of Philately Society of the Soviet Union.

Biography

He wrote a book of memoirs entitled My Callsign is RAEM (Russian: RAEM - мои позывные).

Death

Krenkel died in 1971 and was interred at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Awards and honours
  • Mikhail Veller wrote about him in his collection of novels 'Legendy Nevskogo Prospecta', 1994
gollark: *because "simple design" or something*
gollark: Brilliant idea. I'll add it as the default display driver on potatOS.
gollark: It's clearly not sanitised very well.
gollark: Abusing CCTweaked For Fun And Profit.
gollark: A demo of me typing the alphabet under evilify mode.

See also
  • Awards of the Soviet Union

References
  1. Кренкель Э. Т. RAEM — мои позывные. — Moscow: Советская Россия, 1973
  2. "North Pole Drifting Stations (1930s-1980s)". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-08.

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