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The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Prince Albert I of Monaco . Океанографический музей Монако был организован князем Альбером I в 1910 году .
Icy adventures in Arctic Norway
Over the course of an entire decade , Prince Albert I made four scientific voyages to Svalbard , Norway to help quench his curiosity for polar regions . He studied arctic animals , gazed over spectacular glaciers and created detailed maps which are still used today , over one hundred years after their creation . The Prince also supported , financially and through loans of special equipment , numerous Arctic and Antarctic explorations , including one by explorer Gunnar Isachsen , which led to the foundation of the Norwegian Polar Institute in 1928 .
The Prince ’ s extensive and inspirational adventures in Norway were honoured with the naming of ‘ Albert I Land ’ a majestic and uninhabited part of Spitsbergen , full of snowy peaks and natural splendour . A major exhibition , all about the Arctic expeditions of Prince Albert I and his cooperation with Norwegian explorers , was opened in June at the FRAM Museum in Oslo in the presence of Prince Albert II , Princess Charlène and their children .
Accepting The Award Of A Lifetime In Washington And Meeting The President Of The United States
At the age of 72 , Prince Albert I set sail for America for the third and final time in his life . It was 1921 , just one year before he died , when Prince Albert I was awarded the honour of a lifetime . In Washington , he was given the highest scientific award available in the United States at the time : the Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences . The medal is awarded every three years for an original contribution to the science of oceanography . While accepting the award , he delivered his visionary ‘ Studies of the Ocean ’ speech at the Smithsonian Museum .
“ His famous speech paid tribute , from the outset , to an ideal of peace and civilization . More than ever indispensable in the aftermath of the first world war , Prince Albert I delivered the scienti fic testament of a life of curiosity for all living things ,” Prince Albert II declared to the National Academy of Sciences , in commemoration of the centenary of his great-great-grandfather ’ s speech .
While in Washington to accept his award , Prince Albert I was welcomed to the White House by President Warren Harding . The two leaders discussed American-European relations and the dangers of industrial fishing .
Monaco ’ s Oceanographic Museum Helps Keep The Prince ’ s legacy Alive
Collections from Prince Albert ’ s adventures around the world were carefully deposited into two museums by Prince Albert I himself . In the early 1900s , the Prince founded the
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