Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
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Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, military officer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded a founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Riiser-Larsen in 1953
Riiser-Larsen during one of Amundsen's expeditions
Riiser-Larsen (left) with Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt in 1959
Bouvet Island
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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway. A protected nature reserve situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it
Hand-coloured photograph of the southeast coast of Bouvet Island in 1898
The claiming of the island on 1 December 1927
The first hut, built on Cape Circoncision, in 1929
Glacier on Bouvet Island's west coast