Ernst Krenkel

Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (Russian: Эрнст Теодо́рович Кре́нкель; 24 December [O.S.

11 December] 1903 in Białystok – 8 December 1971 in Moscow) was a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, and doctor of geographical sciences (1938).

He is best known as one of the four members of the North Pole-1 expedition, for which he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1938.

Amateur radio callsigns: EU2EQ, U3AA, UA3AA, RAEM.

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E. Krenkel as Polar radio operator on the cover of Radiofront magazine. 1937