Carsten Borchgrevink is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Carsten Borchgrevink as Anglo-Norwegian polar explorer (1864-1934).
Carsten Borchgrevink was born at Christiania in 1864. His recorded nationality is Norway.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as explorer and scientific collector.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Recognition followed: Patron’s Medal and Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph.
Carsten Borchgrevink died in 1934, aged 70. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Patron’s Medal
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
- Recorded as explorer and scientific collector
