Henry Larsen (explorer)
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Henry Asbjørn Larsen was a Norwegian-Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born on a small island, Herføl, south of Fredrikstad in Norway. Like his hero, Roald Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immi
Henry Larsen on the RCMPV St. Roch
CCGS Henry Larsen in St. John's Harbour, 2010
Fort Ross, Nunavut
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Fort Ross is an abandoned former trading post on Somerset Island, in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Founded in 1937, it was the last trading post to be established by the Hudson's Bay Compan
Henry Larsen (explorer)
…the ice, went north and with difficulty passed the Bellot Strait. At the other end he found civilization of a sort at the Hudson's Bay Company post at Fort Ross on Somerset Island. He then continued through Prince Regent Inlet, Lancaster Sound and the Davis Strait, reaching Halifax on 11 October 1942. A highly…
The post's store building in 2017
An Inuk child and dog at Fort Ross in 1945
The post manager's house being built in September 1937