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Carsten Borchgrevink

1864 - 1934

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Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 1864 – 21 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and others associated with the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Borchgrevink was born and raised in Christiania (now Oslo) as the son of a Norwegian lawyer and an English-born immigrant mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carsten Borchgrevink has received more than 207,564 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Carsten Borchgrevink is the 216th most popular explorer (down from 176th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Norway (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carsten Borchgrevink ranks 216 out of 498. Before him are George W. De Long, Alejandro Malaspina, Francisco de Bobadilla, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Julius Klaproth, and Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn. After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Masabumi Hosono, Daniel Boone, Jedediah Smith, Ma Huan, and Nuno Tristão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Carsten Borchgrevink ranks 75. Before him are Ante Trumbić, Apolinario Mabini, Ion I. C. Brătianu, Princess Hilda of Nassau, Stefan Żeromski, and Đồng Khánh. After him are Alexander Gretchaninov, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Herman Gorter, Michael Mayr, Ferdinand Zecca, and Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 1934, Carsten Borchgrevink ranks 69. Before him are James Mark Baldwin, Erich Mühsam, Hakaru Hashimoto, John Collier, Isaac Israëls, and Ivy Lee. After him are Paul Ulrich Villard, Benjamin Baillaud, Oskar von Hutier, Otakar Ševčík, Roger Fry, and Paul Gustav Fischer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Carsten Borchgrevink ranks 144 out of 1,039. Before him are Jørgen Juve (1906), Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), Viggo Brun (1885), Euronymous (1968), Per Petterson (1952), and Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973). After him are Magnus Carlsen (1990), Karin Fossum (1954), Dag Solstad (1941), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Egil Danielsen (1933), and Belle Gunness (1859).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Carsten Borchgrevink ranks 9. Before him are Erik the Red (950), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Naddodd (900), and Thekla Resvoll (1871). After him are Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jens Munk (1579), Oscar Wisting (1871), and Helmer Hanssen (1870).

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