| LC control no. | nb 98037377 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bade, Wilhelm, 1843-1903 |
| Variant(s) | Bade, Eduard Gustav Wilhelm, 1843-1903 |
| See also | Officer of: Hansa (Schooner) |
| Associated place | Greenland Svalbard (Norway) Arctic regions |
| Located | Swinemünde (Germany) Wismar (Germany) Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1843-02-20 |
| Death date | 1903-07-27 |
| Place of birth | Hohen Wieschendorf (Germany) |
| Place of death | Rostock (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Naval art and science Discoveries in geography Scientific expeditions Shipwreck survival Lectures and lecturing Fish trade Charter-parties Tourism--Arctic regions |
| Affiliation | Hansa (Schooner) Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870) Geographische Gesellschaft in Bremen Baltischer Lloyd Nordische Hochseefischereigesellschaft |
| Profession or occupation | Sailors Explorers Lecturers Charter boat captains |
| Found in | Zweihundert Tage im Packeis, c1997: page 9 ("Zweiter Steuermann" (second mate) Wilhelm Bade, of the ship Hansa, Ostgrönland-Expedition, 1869-1870) pages 325-327 (Eduard Gustav Wilhelm Bade [Wilhelm is underlined], born February 20, 1843, on the estate Hohen Wieschendorf, near Wismar; died July 27, 1903, in Rostock; went to sea at age 14 and had sailed in many parts of the world's oceans before the voyage of the Hansa; from 1874, signed letters "Capt. W. Bade"; little is known of his life after the 2. DNPE [Second German North Polar Expedition]; he lectured about his Arctic experiences in the 1870s and 1880s; lived for a time in Swinemünde as an employee of the firm Baltischer Lloyd; named a corresponding member of the Bremer Geographische Gesellschaft, 1875; made an 8-month study trip to England; owned a fish business in Wismar; had a part in founding the "Nordische Hochseefischereigesellschaft" in Mühlheim an der Ruhr in the early 1890s, with a business plan combining coal mining in Spitzbergen with whaling, ocean fishing and Arctic tourism; the firm dissolved in 1893 or 1894, but Bade continued chartering tourist expeditions to Spitzbergen until his death, after which his son Axel continued the Arctic tourist business until 1908) Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870). Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 1873-1874, v. 1, page XXXI (in list of crew of the expedition ship Hansa: "2. Offizier: Wilhelm Bade, 26 Jahre alt, geboren zu Hohen Wieschendorf, wohnhaft in Rostock") Barthelmess, Klaus. "The commencement of regular Arctic cruise ship tourism: Wilhelm Bade and the 'Nordische Hochseefischerei Gesellschaft' of 1892/1893, in Tourism in marine environments, v. 4, pages 113-120; abstract via ResearchGate, October 27, 2020 ("One of the first entrepreneurs of tourism to northern Norway was ... Captain Wilhelm Bade. He was the first to regularly accompany cruise tourists to the Arctic Svalbard archipelago (Spitzbergen) ... In 1892, Bade cofounded the "Nordische Hochseefischerei Gesellschaft" (Nordic Sea Fisheries Company) in Mülheim an der Ruhr ... Arctic coal mining was one of the business purposes of the company ... The other purposes were whaling and Arctic tourism. A tourist steamer went to Spitzbergen in company of a whale catcher. Passengers could board the whaler to witness a whale hunt. Mining efforts by the company failed, as did fishing attempts and whaling. The company went into liquidation after its first season, but Spitzbergen tourism had proved its economic potential ... while Bade and Sons continued chartering cruise ships to Spitzbergen until 1908") |
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