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Born	Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1903 Belostok, Russian Empire
Died	8 December 1971(1971-12-08) (aged 67) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Geographer, explorer
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

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

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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