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Carsten Borchgrevink

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Carsten Borchgrevink

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Also known as Carsten E. Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, C.E. Borchgrevink

Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer (1864-1934)

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Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was a Norwegian explorer born in Christiania on December 1, 1864. He participated in the Southern Cross Expedition and spoke English. Borchgrevink received the Order of St. Olav and is described in the Nordisk familjebok and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

He authored works including *First on the Antarctic continent* and *Nærmest sydpolen aaret 1900*. Borchgrevink died in Oslo on April 21, 1934, and is buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund. He had four children. Items from his collection are held at the Natural History Museum.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1864
Died
1934
Works
3

Top works

  • First on the Antarctic continent
  • First on the Antarctic continent
  • Nærmest sydpolen aaret 1900

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carsten
Gender
male
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Christiania
Place of death
Oslo
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Carsten Borchgrevink.jpg
Number of children
4
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date of birth
1864-12-01
date of death
1934-04-21
Commons category
Carsten Borchgrevink
name in native language
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink
collection items at
Natural History Museum
place of burial
Vår Frelsers gravlund
Sources (3)

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