Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg
Born: Dec 01, 1864 AD
Died: 1934 AD, at 69 years of age.
Nationality:
Norwegian
Categories:
Explorer
1864 - He was born on the 1st of December in Kristiania, Norway.
1894-1895 - He was member of a whaling expedition to the Ross Sea.
1895 - He was the 1st person to make confirmed landing on Antarctica.
1930 - He was awarded the Patron's Medal from the Royal Geographic Society.
1934 - He died this year in Slemdal, Oslo, Norway.
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