Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)

The adventures and expeditions of Otto Sverdrup chronicled in this profile encompass the first attempted crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap on skis, his several expeditions to study ice drift in the ship Fram, which he supervised the building of, his extensive exploration of Bache Peninsula and other...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65221 2023-05-15T14:19:15+02:00 Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930) Barr, William 1984-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65221 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65221/49135 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65221 ARCTIC; Vol. 37 No. 1 (1984): March: 1–90; 72-73 1923-1245 0004-0843 Biographies Expeditions Explorers Foreign relations Fram (Ship) History Icebreakers Skiing Sleds Sovereignty Sverdrup Otto 1854-1930 Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Canadian Arctic Islands waters Greenland Northern Sea Route Russian Federation Norway Sverdrup Islands Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion other 1984 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:19Z The adventures and expeditions of Otto Sverdrup chronicled in this profile encompass the first attempted crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap on skis, his several expeditions to study ice drift in the ship Fram, which he supervised the building of, his extensive exploration of Bache Peninsula and other islands within the Sverdrup Islands group, and his command of the whaling ship Eclipse and search for the missing Rusanov and Brusilov expeditions in the Kara Sea and command of the icebreaker Svyatogor. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Bache Peninsula Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Ice cap Icebreaker Kara Sea Northern Sea Route Nunavut University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Bache Peninsula ENVELOPE(-75.589,-75.589,79.173,79.173) Baffin Bay Greenland Kara Sea Norway Nunavut Sverdrup Islands ENVELOPE(-96.003,-96.003,79.002,79.002) ARCTIC 37 1
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topic Biographies
Expeditions
Explorers
Foreign relations
Fram (Ship)
History
Icebreakers
Skiing
Sleds
Sovereignty
Sverdrup
Otto
1854-1930
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait
Canadian Arctic Islands waters
Greenland
Northern Sea Route
Russian Federation
Norway
Sverdrup Islands
Nunavut
spellingShingle Biographies
Expeditions
Explorers
Foreign relations
Fram (Ship)
History
Icebreakers
Skiing
Sleds
Sovereignty
Sverdrup
Otto
1854-1930
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait
Canadian Arctic Islands waters
Greenland
Northern Sea Route
Russian Federation
Norway
Sverdrup Islands
Nunavut
Barr, William
Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
topic_facet Biographies
Expeditions
Explorers
Foreign relations
Fram (Ship)
History
Icebreakers
Skiing
Sleds
Sovereignty
Sverdrup
Otto
1854-1930
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait
Canadian Arctic Islands waters
Greenland
Northern Sea Route
Russian Federation
Norway
Sverdrup Islands
Nunavut
description The adventures and expeditions of Otto Sverdrup chronicled in this profile encompass the first attempted crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap on skis, his several expeditions to study ice drift in the ship Fram, which he supervised the building of, his extensive exploration of Bache Peninsula and other islands within the Sverdrup Islands group, and his command of the whaling ship Eclipse and search for the missing Rusanov and Brusilov expeditions in the Kara Sea and command of the icebreaker Svyatogor.
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author Barr, William
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title Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
title_short Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
title_full Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
title_fullStr Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
title_full_unstemmed Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930)
title_sort otto sverdrup (1854-1930)
publisher The Arctic Institute of North America
publishDate 1984
url https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65221
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ENVELOPE(-96.003,-96.003,79.002,79.002)
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Bache Peninsula
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Kara Sea
Norway
Nunavut
Sverdrup Islands
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Bache Peninsula
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Kara Sea
Norway
Nunavut
Sverdrup Islands
genre Arctic
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay
Baffin
Davis Strait
Greenland
Ice cap
Icebreaker
Kara Sea
Northern Sea Route
Nunavut
genre_facet Arctic
Arctic
Bache Peninsula
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay
Baffin
Davis Strait
Greenland
Ice cap
Icebreaker
Kara Sea
Northern Sea Route
Nunavut
op_source ARCTIC; Vol. 37 No. 1 (1984): March: 1–90; 72-73
1923-1245
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