Thorvald Nilsen
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Thorvald Nilsen was captain of the polar ship, the Fram and deputy commander during Roald Amundsen's expedition to Antarctica. While Amundsen conquered the South Pole, the Fram was used for oceanograp
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The Fram (25 April 1910)
The first expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four other crew members made it to the geographical South Pole on 14 December 1911, whi
Thorvald Nilsen
…Born 6 August 1881 Kristiansand, Norway Died 19 April 1940 (aged 58) Buenos Aires, Argentina Occupations naval officer and polar explorer Known for Amundsen's South Pole expedition Awards Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav Thorvald Nilsen (6 August 1881 – 19 April 1940) was captain of the polar ship, the Fram and deputy…
Amundsen, Hanssen, Hassel, and Wisting at Polheim at the South Pole
Gjøa, the small sloop in which Amundsen and his crew conquered the Northwest Passage, 1903–06
Fridtjof Nansen, whose Arctic drift of 1893–96 inspired Amundsen
Roald Amundsen, the expedition's leader