Complex sentence: He met Svend Foyn, the 84-year-old "father of modern whaling" and inventor of the harpoon gun, and with Foyn's help acquired the whaler "Kap Nor" ("North Cape "), which he renamed"Antarctic".
Split into simpler sentences: He met Svend Foyn, the 84-year-old "father of modern whaling" and inventor of the harpoon gun. With Foyn's help he acquired the whaler "Kap Nor" ("North Cape "), which he renamed"Antarctic".