FAMOUS EXPLORER, DR OTTO SVERDRUP, DIES.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, November 26 The death is announced of the Polar explorer, Dr Otto Sverdrup. Dr Otto Sverdrup was one of a num ber of scientists who have agreed to accompany Sir Hubert Wilkins in his attempt to pass under the ice of the Arctic Ocean in a submarine. Dr Sverdrup was born at Haardstad, in Nordland, in October, 1854, and became a ship’s officer. In 1888-89 he took part in Nansen’s Greenland expedition, being in charge of the vessel which conveyed the party. From 1891 to 1893 he superintended the construction of the ship Fram, in which Nansen made his first attempt on the North Pole. On this expedition, which lasted from 1893 to 1896, Dr Sverdrup was second in command. From 1898 to 1902 he led the second Fram expedition, which proceeded northwards along the west coast of Greenland to the Kane Basin at the end of Smith Sound.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19238, 27 November 1930, Page 9
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