Harald Ulrik Sverdup (1888–1957): celebrating the return of the Maud 75 years ago
I came here to pay my respects to a man and to a scientist. Harald Ulrik Sverdrup left Norway aboard the R/V Maud in July 1918 for an estimated three years to conduct a broad range of geophysical measurements in the Arctic Ocean. It was to be more than seven years before the Maud came out, to Seattl...
Published in: | Polar Research |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2001
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Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2165 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v20i2.6509 |
Summary: | I came here to pay my respects to a man and to a scientist. Harald Ulrik Sverdrup left Norway aboard the R/V Maud in July 1918 for an estimated three years to conduct a broad range of geophysical measurements in the Arctic Ocean. It was to be more than seven years before the Maud came out, to Seattle on 5 October 1925, 75 years ago. The experience gained in these difficult seven years was the basis of Sverdrup’s entire subsequent career. |
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