Background
BORCHGREVINK, C. E. was born in 1864 in Christiania. Father a Norwegian ban ister (daughter 1884), mother English.
(Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934) c...)
Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934) claimed to have been the first person to step onto the Antarctic mainland when he first visited the continent in 1895. Becoming enthusiastic about Antarctic exploration, he was inspired to organise his own expedition on the Southern Cross, with principal funding from Sir George Newnes, an English newspaper proprietor. The British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900) of ten men to Cape Adare comprised seven Norwegians, two British and one Australian. This was the first expedition to construct a building in Antarctica, overwinter on land, and use sledge dogs for travel. It also set a new farthest south record. Although Borchgrevink was not an effective leader, and problems developed between the Norwegians and the English speakers, the expedition's scientific and exploratory achievements were significant. First published in 1901, and illustrated with many photographs, this work illuminates these endeavours.
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BORCHGREVINK, C. E. was born in 1864 in Christiania. Father a Norwegian ban ister (daughter 1884), mother English.
Christiania; Gjertsen College. Graduate Royal College, Tharandt, Saxony.
Emigrated to Australia, 1888. Worked for six years as a surveyor in Queensland and New South Wales. Taught languages and natural science for two years in Cooerwull College, New South Wales.
Founded Cooerwull Museum.
Ascended Mountain Lindsay, 1890. Went to Antarctic Seas on a whaler, 1894.
Commanded Antarctic expedition, 1898-1900. Scientific Delegate National Geographic Society, Washington, on board the United States man-ofwar “ The Dixie ” to the West Indies, to investigate the Volcanic conditions, 1902.
Of Saint Olaf, 1900, and Danebrog, 1907. Medallist and Honourable Memb. Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
(Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934) c...)
(Norwegian-born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934) c...)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.