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    Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 1864 – 21 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert...
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    North" expedition, 1893–96. Pollux was sold to the Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink in 1897 and renamed Southern Cross, for the Southern Cross Expedition...
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  • Borchgrevink is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aage Borchgrevink, Norwegian writer Carsten Borchgrevink (1864–1934), Anglo-Norwegian...
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    Fisher, p. 18 Fiennes, p. 9 Preston, p. 15 "Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934)". Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864–1934). Australian Dictionary...
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    Ernest Shackleton. The brainchild of the Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink, it was the first expedition to over-winter on the Antarctic mainland...
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    November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2008. "Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934)". Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864–1934). Australian Dictionary...
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    Nicolai Hanson was a member of the Southern Cross Expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink to Antarctica and he became the first person to be buried in Antarctica...
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    Cape Adare (category Borchgrevink Coast)
    Ireland). In January 1895, Norwegian explorers Henrik Bull and Carsten Borchgrevink from the ship Antarctic landed at Cape Adare as the first documented...
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    charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900, under Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, who named it for Colonel Haffner, Director of the Government...
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    of the Antarctic Circle. 1898–1900 – Southern Cross Expedition, Carsten Borchgrevink – sails to Cape Adare, winters on Antarctica and takes Farthest South...
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  • Robert M. Berry Edward W. Bingham Olav Bjaaland Alfred Björling Carsten Borchgrevink Jon Bowermaster Henry Robertson Bowers Louise Arner Boyd Edward Bransfield...
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    of 82°17′ S, beating the previous record established in 1900 by Carsten Borchgrevink. The journey was marred by the poor performance of the dogs, who...
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  • in Oceania. Cape Adare huts Ross Dependency Antarctica 1899 AD Explorers' huts Wooden buildings constructed by Carsten Borchgrevink in Victoria Land....
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    century, the first bases on the continent were established. In 1898, Carsten Borchgrevink, a Norwegian/British explorer, led the British Antarctic Expedition...
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    been set (after each stretch of travelling had been completed). Carsten Borchgrevink of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 reported “I found the...
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    Adare Peninsula (category Borchgrevink Coast)
    peninsula is considered the southernmost point of the Borchgrevink Coast, named for Carsten Borchgrevink (1864-1934).[citation needed] The Adare Peninsula...
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  • (2014) Boyd Alexander (1908) Cameron McNeish (2009) Carl Chun (1900) Carsten Borchgrevink (1901) Charles Cochrane-Baillie (1891) Charles Tupper (1894) Charles...
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    It was the Norwegian-born, half-English explorer and schoolmaster Carsten Borchgrevink who had the idea for and led the expedition. Ten expedition members...
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    Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.[why?] Carsten Borchgrevink used Sámi sled dogs with Finnish handlers in Antarctica during his...
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  • research vessel SS Southern Cross, on an Antarctic expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink, arrives at Cape Adare and begins unloading 90 sledge dogs – the...
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    November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2008. "Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864–1934)". Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864–1934). Australian Dictionary...
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    by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Carsten Borchgrevink, a member of Henrik Johan Bull's expedition to this area, 1894–95...
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  • Southern Cross Expedition 1898–1900, an expedition to Antarctica led by Carsten Borchgrevink Southern Cross News, the name of several news broadcasts This disambiguation...
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    the proceeding of Antarctic Exploration Committees. He joined Carstens Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898–1900) which wintered at Cape Adare...
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    Norway and Sweden. Carsten Borchgrevink, the leader of this expedition, was a native of Norway. Originally charted by Borchgrevink as an island, the feature...
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    required had been promised. Meanwhile, the Anglo-Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink had obtained a sum of £40,000 (over £3 million in 2008) from publisher...
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  • Victoria Land. The boat held six men, including Kristensen, Bull, Carsten Borchgrevink , and the 17-year-old von Tunzelmann. All of them set foot on land...
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    the Barne party passed the previous furthest south mark, set by Carsten Borchgrevink in 1900 at 78°50'S, a record which they held briefly until the southern...
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  • Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, for Carsten Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900. Borchgrevink visited the area in February 1900...
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    Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Otto Albert Blehr, Prime Minister of Norway Carsten Borchgrevink, Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer and leader of the Southern Cross...
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