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Carl Anton Larsen

1860 - 1924

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Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norwegian-born whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fossils for which he received the Back Grant from the Royal Geographical Society. In December 1893 he became the first person to ski in Antarctica on the Larsen Ice Shelf which was subsequently named after him. In 1904, Larsen re-founded a whaling settlement at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Anton Larsen has received more than 109,987 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Anton Larsen is the 254th most popular explorer (down from 232nd in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Norway (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carl Anton Larsen ranks 254 out of 498. Before him are Juan de Garay, Pero Escobar, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Thorvald Eiriksson, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, and Snorri Thorfinnsson. After him are Hjalmar Johansen, William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Jens Munk, Carl Peters, and Oscar Wisting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Carl Anton Larsen ranks 73. Before him are Grandma Moses, Paul Gustav Fischer, Albert Kahn, Eugen Goldstein, Hugo Preuß, and Manuel Teixeira Gomes. After him are William Bayliss, André Prévost, Max von Oppenheim, Ottó Bláthy, Douglas Hyde, and Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Among people deceased in 1924, Carl Anton Larsen ranks 62. Before him are F. H. Bradley, Mikhail Rodzianko, Àngel Guimerà, Azem Galica, Jean-François Raffaëlli, and Nilo Peçanha. After him are William Bayliss, Luigi Pelloux, Marie Corelli, Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Florence Harding, and Cipriano Castro.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Carl Anton Larsen ranks 168 out of 1,039. Before him are Amalie Skram (1846), Birger Ruud (1911), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), Petter Dass (1647), and Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818). After him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Edvard Moser (1962), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Berit Mørdre (1940), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), and Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Carl Anton Larsen ranks 11. Before him are Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Naddodd (900), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), and Ohthere of Hålogaland (900). After him are Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jens Munk (1579), Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Helge Ingstad (1899), and Thorvald Asvaldsson (950).

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