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Carsten Borchgrevink ( Christiania, 1º dicembre 1864 – Oslo, 21 aprile 1934) è stato un esploratore norvegese naturalizzato australiano, noto soprattutto per essere stato uno dei primi esploratori dell' Antartide . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 La spedizione "Southern Cross" 3 Riconoscimenti. 4 Voci correlate. 5 Altri progetti. 6 Collegamenti esterni.
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 1864 – 21 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
BORCHGREVINK [pron. bòrkervenk], Carsten Egeberg . Carlo Emanuele Giartosio Esploratore norvegese nato a Christiania (Oslo) il 1 dicembre 1864.
Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. Esploratore (Oslo 1864 - ivi 1934); recatosi in Australia (1888) e imbarcatosi come marinaio sulla nave Antartide, raggiunse la Terra Vittoria (1894), nella quale tornò alcuni anni dopo (1898), trascorrendovi per la prima volta, con dieci compagni, un intero inverno.
Borchgrevink was a deck hand on the hunt for Right whale in the ship Antarctic, but also completed scientific work, collecting rocks and lichens. Therefore, Borchgrevink can be credited with being the first aiming to advance science on the Antarctic continent.
27 giu 2020 · by Christian Hug | Jun 27, 2020 | Antarctica, Archive, History, Polar Heroes. Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was born on December 1, 1864 in Christiania, today’s Oslo. At the end of the 19th century, he devoted himself intensively to Antarctic research and in 1895 he was one of the first people to enter the Antarctic mainland.
CARSTEN BORCHGREVINK, 34. Commander, Norwegian. Borchgrevink grew up in Oslo and was a childhood friend of Roald Amundsen (who, in 1911, led the first party to the South Pole). Borchgrevink had been a surveyor and teacher in Australia and left behind a wife and 6 month-old baby. Canterbury Museum 1975.205.1. No known copyright holder.
