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Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 1864 to 21 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1 December 1864exact date
Christiania, Norwayattested“Carsten Borchgrevink was born in Christiania on 1 December 1864, the son of a Norwegian lawyer, Henrik Christian Borchgrevink, and an English-born mother Annie, née Ridley.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
September 1894month
Melbourneattested“When Borchgrevink learned that Antarctic was due to visit Melbourne in September 1894, he hurried there hoping to find a vacancy.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
21 April 1934exact date
Osloattested“It appeared, then, that justice had not been done at the time to the pioneer work of the Southern Cross expedition, which had been carried out under the British flag and at the expense of a British benefactor." Carsten Borchgrevink died…”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
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1885 to 1888period
Frogner Schoolmentioned“Borchgrevink was educated at Gjertsen College, Oslo, and later (1885–1888) at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry at Tharandt, Saxony, in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
1885 to 1888period
Tharandtmentioned“Borchgrevink was educated at Gjertsen College, Oslo, and later (1885–1888) at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry at Tharandt, Saxony, in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
1885 to 1888period
Germanymentioned“Borchgrevink was educated at Gjertsen College, Oslo, and later (1885–1888) at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry at Tharandt, Saxony, in Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
1886year
Antarcticamentioned“This organisation, founded in 1886, was investigating the possibility of establishing permanent scientific research stations in the Antarctic regions.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
Antarcticamentioned“These plans were not realised; it was a revival of interest in commercial whaling in the early 1890s that gave Borchgrevink the opportunity, in 1894, to sign up for a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
17 January 1895exact date
Possession Island, Antarcticamentioned“On 17 January 1895, a landing was made at Possession Island, where Sir James Clark Ross had planted the British flag in 1841.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
7 September 1896exact date
Oslomentioned“On 7 September 1896, he had married an English woman, Constance Prior Standen, with whom he settled in Slemdal, in Oslo, where two sons and two daughters were born.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
7 September 1896exact date
Slemdalmentioned“On 7 September 1896, he had married an English woman, Constance Prior Standen, with whom he settled in Slemdal, in Oslo, where two sons and two daughters were born.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
22 August 1898exact date
Cape Adarementioned“Southern Cross sailed from London on 22 August 1898, and after a three-week pause in Hobart, Tasmania, reached Cape Adare on 17 February 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
22 August 1898exact date
Hobartmentioned“Southern Cross sailed from London on 22 August 1898, and after a three-week pause in Hobart, Tasmania, reached Cape Adare on 17 February 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
22 August 1898exact date
Londonmentioned“Southern Cross sailed from London on 22 August 1898, and after a three-week pause in Hobart, Tasmania, reached Cape Adare on 17 February 1899.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
1 April 1900exact date
New Zealandmentioned“Southern Cross visited other Ross Sea islands before turning for home, reaching New Zealand on 1 April 1900.”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
1901year
Newnesmentioned“Borchgrevink's credibility was not helped by the boastful tone sounded in various articles which were published in Newnes's magazines, nor by the journalistic style of his rapidly written expedition account, First on the Antarctic Contin…”source: Wikipedia: Carsten Borchgrevink
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