Adolf Hoelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Adolf Hoel (15 May 1879, Sørum – 19 February 1964, Oslo) was a Norwegian geologist and polar researcher. He was the leading Norwegian researcher at Svalbard in the early 20th century, and in 1928 founded Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser, which became the Norwegian Polar Institute in 1948. The mineral hoelite is named in his honour. His focus on and research of the polar areas is largely credited as the reason Norway has the sovereignty over Svalbard and Queen Maud Land. He led several scientific expeditions to Svalbard and Greenland. He married Lisbet Birgitte Fredrikke Thomsen in 1916.