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Commander Comandante Ferraz

Luiz Antonio de Carvalho Ferraz

A hydrographic officer and oceanographer, he represented Brazil at Antarctic meetings and played an important part in setting up the Brazilian Antarctic Program in 1982.

Born
February 21, 1940, São Luís/MA
Died
August 11, 1982, Halifax, Canadá
Field
Oceanography and Antarctica

Career

He entered the Naval Academy in 1958 and became a midshipman in 1962. He pursued a career as a hydrographic officer and specialized in oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, United States.

He served on a mission to the Arctic, joined British ships on Antarctic expeditions as a guest and represented Brazil at Antarctic meetings.

He sat on the committee that inspected polar research ships and recommended buying the Thala Dan. The ship became the oceanographic support vessel Barão de Teffé and made Brazil's first Antarctic Operations.

He played an important part in planning and launching the Brazilian Antarctic Program in 1982. He died on 11 August that year in Halifax, Canada, during the 5th Joint Oceanographic Assembly.

Timeline

  1. 1940Born in São Luís (Maranhão) on 21 February.
  2. 1958Enters the Naval Academy.
  3. 1962Becomes a midshipman.
  4. 1982Helps launch the Brazilian Antarctic Program.
  5. 1982Dies in Halifax, Canada, on 11 August.
  6. 1984The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station opens on the Keller Peninsula.
  7. 2020A new station opens on the same site.

Legacy

The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, on King George Island, has borne his name since 1984; the current station opened on the same site in 2020.

Sources

  1. SECIRM/PROANTAR, "In memoriam" (captura de 09/10/2025 no Internet Archive)
  2. SECIRM, Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz
  3. SECIRM, reinauguração da Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz

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