page_title: Eivind Astrup
hierarchical_section_title: Eivind Astrup
caption_attribution_description: Eivind Astrup's map over his travels over Northwest Greenland with Robert Pearys in 1891/92 and with Kolotengva to Melville Bay in April 1894.
context_page_description: Eivind Astrup was a Norwegian explorer and writer. Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland. In the follow-up Greenland expedition by Peary during 1893–94 he explored and mapped Melville Bay on the north-west coast of Greenland. Among his works is Blandt Nordpolens Naboer from 1895. He was awarded the Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1892.
  Astrup is credited for introducing the combination of dog sleds and skis, which came to revolutionize polar expeditions.
context_section_description: Eivind Astrup (Norwegian: [ˈæ̀ɪvɪn ˈɑ̀strʉp]; 17 September 1871 – 27 December 1895) was a Norwegian explorer and writer.  Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland. In the follow-up Greenland expedition by Peary during 1893–94 he explored and mapped Melville Bay on the north-west coast of Greenland.  Among his works is Blandt Nordpolens Naboer from 1895 (English edition With Peary near the Pole, 1898). He was awarded the Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1892.
  Astrup is credited for introducing the combination of dog sleds and skis, which came to revolutionize polar expeditions.
caption: Astrup's map of his travels across Northwest Greenland with Robert Peary in 1892 and with Kolotengva to Melville Bay in April 1894
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