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    Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions...
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    transport, and was determined to recruit the most skilful dog drivers. Helmer Hanssen, who had proved his worth on the Gjøa expedition, agreed to travel with...
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  • while enroute to the South Pole in November 1911, and named by him for Helmer Hanssen, deputy leader of the South Pole Party. 85°53′S 161°40′W / 85.883°S...
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    14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel. At the first estimated...
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  • Hansen (surname) (redirect from Hanssen)
    Hansen or Hanssen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhænsn̩]) is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning son of Hans. As of 2008, it is the third most common...
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  • Johann Georg Gmelin Adolphus Greely Pen Hadow Charles Francis Hall Helmer Hanssen Bernhard Hantzsch Sverre Hassel Adrian Hayes Isaac Israel Hayes Samuel...
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    in Otto Sverdrup's attempt to circumnavigate Greenland. Along with Helmer Hanssen, Hassel was picked as an expert dog driver to take part in Roald Amundsen's...
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    Land. A second attempt, with a team of five made up of Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting and Amundsen, departed base camp on 19...
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    in Nunavut, Canada in 1903 during the trip to the Northwest Passage. Helmer Hanssen, Amundsen, Lindstrøm, Gustav Wiik, and Anton Lund are seated at the...
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  • Amundsen Trond Espen Seim as Fridtjof Nansen Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Helmer Hanssen Jonas Strand Gravli as Leif Dietrichson Fridtjov Såheim as Hjalmar Johansen...
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  • Look up Helmer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Helmer is both a masculine given name and a surname. In the former use it is common in Scandinavia...
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  • concerns attracted controversy, Cherkashin confirmed that Helmer was not an agent. Helmer has been based in Moscow since 1989 and, from there, has worked...
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    Amundsen's South Pole expedition, on 14 December 1911 along with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Sverre Hassel, Wisting planted the Norwegian flag...
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  • Lieutenant "Birdie" Bowers Robin Soans – Dr. "Atch" Atkinson Jan Hårstad – Helmer Hanssen Erik Hivju – Sverre Hassel Jon Eikemo – Adolf Lindstrøm Ivar Nørve –...
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    Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting (l–r) at Polheim, the tent erected at the South Pole on 16 December 1911 as the first expedition...
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    Godfred Hansen, a Danish naval lieutenant and Gjøa's first officer; Helmer Hanssen, second officer, an experienced ice pilot who later accompanied Amundsen...
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    Left to right: Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting after first reaching the South Pole on 16 December 1911....
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  • wide and trends southward about 60 miles to the polar plateau. Mount Helmer Hanssen, about 10,742 feet high, is a rounded dome, completely snow-covered...
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    Tromsø. Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), author and Nobel laureate, from Hamarøy Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), with Amundsen's team to the South Pole in 1911, from Bjørnskinn...
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  • Territory. 1911 – Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South...
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    Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting at the South Pole...
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    Andenes – 1548) a Norwegian clergyman, the first Bishop of Trondheim Helmer Hanssen (1870 in Bjørnskinn – 1956) a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer;...
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  • (1941-1967) HMNZS Tui (1970) (1970-1997) RV G.M. Dannevig RV Johan Hjort RV Helmer Hanssen (Jan Mayen) RV Håkon Mosby RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen RV Johan Ruud RV G...
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    political thriller Breach (2007), playing FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You...
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    along with four other members of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting) and 54 dogs, starting...
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    oceanographic cruise lasting several months in the South Atlantic. Helmer Hanssen, one of the five men that Amundsen chose to accompany him to the South...
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    1964. Notable people that were born or lived in Bjørnskinn include: Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), Polar explorer who was on the expedition of Roald Amundsen...
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    Amundsen, the leader of the expedition, was accompanied by Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting, and all five planted the Norwegian...
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