Carl Ryder

Carl Hartvig Ryder (September 12, 1858 – May 3, 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.

Carl Ryder
Schooner Fylla in Copenhagen harbour

Biography

Carl Ryder was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Frederik Valentiner Ryder (1821-1909) and his wife Henriette Sophie Cathrine Husmann (1836-1896). He entered a military career in the Royal Danish Navy becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1879 and Captain 1897. [1]

He led an expedition to the Upernavik Distrikt in 1886-1887 and, most famously, the 1891-1892 expedition to East Greenland by the vessel Hekla. The way north from Ittoqqortoormiit was effectively blocked by ice. Instead, Ryder made the first comprehensive mapping of the entire Scoresby Sund fjord system, except for the inner part of Nordvestfjord.[2]

He was a member of several other expeditions:

Personal life

He married Ida Caroline Helene Clara Wolff (1864–1933) in 1888.[4]

The Ryder Glacier in NW Greenland is named in his honour.

Literature
  • Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

See also

References
  1. "Carl Hartvig Ryder". gravsted.dk. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. Ryder, C. H. (1895–1925). Den Østgrønlandske Expedition udført i Aarene 1891-92 under Ledelse af C. Ryder, vol. 1-3 [The East Greenland Expedition in the years 1891-92 led by C. Ryder]. Meddelelser om Grønland (in Danish). 17-19.
  3. The Danish Scientific Expedition of 1884 in the Gunboat "Fylla". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, 7 (3), (1885): pp. 177-180 full text
  4. Ostermann, H. (1982). Ryder, C. H.. In: Dansk biografisk Leksikon v. 12: pp 485-86.
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