Carsten Borchgrevink

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Carsten Borchgrevink was a Norwegian polar explorer best known for leading one of the first expeditions to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland at Cape Adare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian explorer
human
polar explorer
awardReceived Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society NERFINISHED
burialPlace Oslo NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Norway NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Norway
countryOfDeath Norway NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1864-12-01
dateOfDeath 1934-04-21
educatedAt Royal Frederick University NERFINISHED
University of Oslo NERFINISHED
employer Southern Cross Expedition NERFINISHED
era Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Norwegians NERFINISHED
expeditionSite Cape Adare NERFINISHED
familyName Borchgrevink NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Antarctic exploration
polar exploration
givenName Carsten NERFINISHED
hasHonor Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED
Robert Falcon Scott NERFINISHED
hasNationality Norwegian
hasOccupation polar explorer
knownFor Southern Cross Expedition NERFINISHED
leading one of the first expeditions to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland
languageSpoken English
Norwegian
nativeLanguage Norwegian
notableAchievement establishing first overwintering camp on Antarctic mainland
first confirmed landing on the Antarctic mainland at Cape Adare
notablePlaceNamedAfter Borchgrevink Coast NERFINISHED
Borchgrevink Glacier NERFINISHED
notableWork Southern Cross Expedition NERFINISHED
occupation explorer
teacher
participantIn Antarctic exploration
Southern Cross Expedition NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Christiania NERFINISHED
Oslo NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Oslo NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
residence Oslo NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
shipUsed SS Southern Cross NERFINISHED

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Possession Islands associatedExplorer Carsten Borchgrevink
Cape Adare associatedWith Carsten Borchgrevink