Carsten Borchgrevink
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was an Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer. He was the precursor of Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. From 1898 to 1900, he led the British-financed Southern Cross expedition, which established a new Farthest South record at 78° 50’S. He later settled in Kristiania, Norway, leading a...
