A forgotten explorer: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink
C. E. Borchgrevink was born in Christiania (present-day Oslo) in 1864. His Norwegian father was a lawyer, and his English mother was a Miss Ridley. Little is known about his early years, but he said he had part of his education at Gjertsen College. He was a full-time student from the winter term 188...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400031892 2024-03-03T08:48:12+00:00 A forgotten explorer: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink Evans, Hugh B. Jones, A. G. E. 1974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400031892 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400031892 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 17, issue 108, page 221-235 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1974 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400031892 2024-02-08T08:44:29Z C. E. Borchgrevink was born in Christiania (present-day Oslo) in 1864. His Norwegian father was a lawyer, and his English mother was a Miss Ridley. Little is known about his early years, but he said he had part of his education at Gjertsen College. He was a full-time student from the winter term 1885 to the winter term 1888 at the Royal Forestry School, Tharandt, Saxony, but seems to have obtained no certificate or diploma; later he mentioned that he had been a pupil of Professor E. Nobbe. When he was in his thirties he told H. J. Bull that he had been educated at Christiania University, but there is no evidence to support this. He also said he had served as a boy or apprentice in the Borghild in 1878, crossing the Atlantic in her, but there are no details. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Christiania ENVELOPE(-61.458,-61.458,-63.974,-63.974) Borchgrevink ENVELOPE(23.133,23.133,-72.117,-72.117) Gjertsen ENVELOPE(-148.450,-148.450,-86.667,-86.667) Polar Record 17 108 221 235 |
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C. E. Borchgrevink was born in Christiania (present-day Oslo) in 1864. His Norwegian father was a lawyer, and his English mother was a Miss Ridley. Little is known about his early years, but he said he had part of his education at Gjertsen College. He was a full-time student from the winter term 1885 to the winter term 1888 at the Royal Forestry School, Tharandt, Saxony, but seems to have obtained no certificate or diploma; later he mentioned that he had been a pupil of Professor E. Nobbe. When he was in his thirties he told H. J. Bull that he had been educated at Christiania University, but there is no evidence to support this. He also said he had served as a boy or apprentice in the Borghild in 1878, crossing the Atlantic in her, but there are no details. |
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