Vladimir Wiese

Vladimir Wiese
Vladimir Yulievich Wiese in the expedition of Georgy Sedov. Off the coast of Franz Josef Land
Wiese c. 1930
Born
Vladimir Yulyevich Wiese

(1886-03-05)5 March 1886[1]
Died19 February 1954(1954-02-19) (aged 67)[1]
Leningrad, Soviet Union[1]
NationalityRussian
Alma materSaint Petersburg University
University of Göttingen[2]
Known forWiese Island
Scientific career
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg University

Vladimir Yulyevich Wiese (Russian: Владимир Юльевич Визе; 5 March 1886 – 19 February 1954) was a Russian scientist of German descent who devoted his life to the study of the Arctic ice pack. His name is associated with the Scientific Prediction of Ice Conditions theory. Wiese was a member of the Soviet Arctic Institute and an authority on polar oceanography. He was also the founder of the Geographico-hydrological School of Oceanography.