This man served as first mate on the Belgica as part of the first expedition to spend a winter in the Antarctic.
This man served as first mate on the Belgica as part of the first expedition to spend a winter in the Antarctic. He died trying to rescue fellow explorer Omberto Nobile from a dirigible crash, having earlier joined Nobile and Lincoln Ellsworth in a 1926 dirigible flight over the North Pole. In 1903, he captained the sloop Gjoa on the first voyage through the Northwest Passage. FTP, who was this Norwegian explorer, the first man to reach the South Pole?
This man served as first mate on the Belgica as part of the first expedition to spend a winter in the Antarctic.
Roald Amundsen