Julián Irízar

Admiral Julián Irízar (Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province, January 7, 1869 – March 17, 1935) was an officer of the Argentine Navy. He became a key figure in the modernization of the navy's fleet, the commander of the First Division of the Navy and later Naval Center President, but his most memorable action was as commander of the corvette ''Uruguay'' in the 1903 rescue of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld, whose ship, the ''Antarctic'' was destroyed by ice. At the time of the rescue he held the rank ''Capitán de Corbeta'' (Lieutenant Commander). (See ARA ''Uruguay'' for more information.) Provided by Wikipedia