Bjørn Helland-Hansen
Bjørn Helland-Hansen (16 October 1877 – 7 September 1957) was a Norwegian pioneer in the field of modern oceanography. He studied the variation patterns of the weather in the northern Atlantic Ocean and of the atmosphere. [1]
Bjørn Helland-Hansen | |
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 Bjørn Helland-Hansen | |
| Born | 16 October 1877 Christiania (now Oslo) |
| Died | 7 September 1957 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Citizenship | Norwegian |
| Known for | Atlantic Ocean "Helland-Hansen Photometer |
| Children | Eigil Helland-Hansen |
| Awards | Alexander Agassiz Medal (1933) Vega Medal (1941) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | oceanography |
| Institutions | Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen |
He studied both medicine and physics at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). He developed the "Helland-Hansen Photometer" in 1910, which was carried on board Michael Sars. It was operated for the first time close to the Azores at a depth between 500 and m. In 1915 he became Professor of oceanography at the Bergen Museum, and in 1917 director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen.[2]
In 1933 he was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal. From 1946 to 1948, Helland-Hansen was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). He was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Member of the Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic (DDR).
Helland-Hansen trained Alexander Kuchin, the Russian oceanographer who went to Antarctica with Roald Amundsen. An island in the Russian Arctic, east of the Geiberg Islands, has been named Gellanda-Gansena after Helland-Hansen.
References
- Knut Barthel. "Bjørn Helland-Hansen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- Herman G. Gade. "Bjørn Helland-Hansen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.