Jan "Eskymo" Welzl & Asteroid 15425 Welzl - Zábreh na Morave, CZ
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N 49° 52.364 E 016° 53.203
33U E 635568 N 5526188
Jan Welzl (1868-1948) was Czech a traveller, a polar explorer, a gold-digger and most importantly an adventurer, born in Zábreh.
Waymark Code: WMK4JN
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/11/2014
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Jan Welzl (1868-1948), Czech arctic explorer, trader, hunter, inventor, craftsman and adventurer, lived in Novosibirskie Ostrova for three decades. He became internationally known through the books written about his life, such as Thirty Years in Golden North. He authored the manuscript Trip around the World 1893-1898.
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15425 Welzl is Main-belt Asteroid, discovered 1998 Sept. 24 by P. Pravec at Ondrejov observatory.