Lars Christensen
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Lars Christensen was a Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of Antarctica.
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Sandefjord Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet i Sandefjord))
The Whaler's Monument, Sandefjord (Hvalfangstmonumentet)
Olav Chapel (Olavskapellet) in Sandefjord
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
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…surveying with seaplanes to map the coast of East Antarctica, which he completed from the Weddell Sea to the Shackleton Ice Shelf, concentrating on Bouvetøya and the region from Enderby Land to Coats Land. From the seaplane brought on the 1936–1937 expedition, members took 2,200 oblique aerial photographs…
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