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Carsten Borchgrevink

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Borchgrevink, Carsten 

Born Dec. 1,1864, in Christiania; died there on Apr. 23, 1934. Norwegian explorer.

In 1894 and 1895, Borchgrevink served as a seaman in the Antarctic on the Norwegian whaler Antarctic. On Jan. 24, 1895, he was the first man in the history of Antarctic research to land on the shore of Antarctica (at Cape Adare). In 1898–99 he was the first to winter on the continent as the leader of a group. Borchgrevink gave a detailed description of the Ross ice barrier. He reached 78° 50’ S lat., a record for that time.

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U Iuzhnogo poliusa: God 1900. Moscow, 1958. (Translated from Norwegian.)
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The Antarctic Heritage Trust project, which aims to reverse deterioration of the camps at Hut Point, Cape Royds and Cape Evans, as well as the huts at Cape Adare, built by Captain Carsten Borchgrevink and Scott's northern party, is estimated to cost around pounds 7m, of which pounds 3m has already been raised.
Cash campaign aims to save priceless relics of Britain's Antarctic ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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