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
Roald Amundsen
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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
…a frequent pilot on the air routes used by the new aviation companies. Riiser-Larsen's years of polar exploration began in 1925 when his compatriot Roald Amundsen, the famed polar explorer, asked him to be his deputy and pilot for an attempt to fly over the North Pole. Riiser-Larsen agreed and secured the use of…
Amundsen c. 1923
Roald Amundsen as a young boy in 1875
RV Belgica frozen in the ice, 1898
Amundsen c. 1908