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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000962b.htm person Borchgrevink Carsten Egeberg FRGS AACR2 1 December 1864 21 April 1934 Place of Birth Christiania, Norway Place of Death Oslo, Norway Antarctic explorer Carl Borchgrevink was an Antarctic explorer who, as leader of the British Antarctic Expedition (the Southern Cross expedition) of 1898 to 1900, led the first party to overwinter on the continental mainland in Antarctica. He studied natural science at the Royal College in Tharandt, Saxony, before migrating to Australia in 1888. Between 1892 and 1894 he worked on survey teams in New South Wales and Queensland, later teaching languages and natural science at the Cooerwull Academy in Bowenfels, New South Wales. His first Antarctic experience was as a deck hand, with permission to carry out some scientific work, on the whaler Antarctica. The Expedition left London in 1898 and reached Cape Adare, Antarctica, in February 1899. Over the next 14 months the party undertook a program of meteorological and magnetic observations and collected geological and biological specimens. They also reached further south than any previous expedition. Although was not a properly trained scientist, Borchgrevink's pioneering work in the Antarctic was valuable to later, more elaborate, scientific expeditions. His later career included a scientific expedition for the National Geographic Society to the West Indies in 1902 to study the effects of recent volcanic eruptions. 1888 1888 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1892 1894 Career event - Member of survey teams in Queensland and New South Wales 1894 1895 Career position - Crew member on whaling ship Antarctica August 1898 April 1900 Career position - Leader, British Antarctic Expedition [II] 1900 1934 Award - Fellow, Royal Geographical Society 1904 1904 Award - Silver medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society 1930 1930 Award - Patron's Medal, Royal Geographical Society British Antarctic Expedition [II] (1898 - 1900)

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 'Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s Baughman, T.H. Before the Heroes Came: Antarctica in the 1890s Lincoln, Nebraska University of Nebraska Press 1994 Book: First on the Antarctic Continent, being an account of the British Anratctic Expedition, 1898 - 1900 Borchgrevink, C. E. First on the Antarctic Continent, being an account of the British Anratctic Expedition, 1898 - 1900 London Georges Newnes Ltd 1901 Journal Article: The Southern Cross Expedition to the Antarctic 1899 - 1900 Borchgrevink, C. E. The <span style="font-style:italic">Southern Cross</span> Expedition to the Antarctic 1899 - 1900 1900 Geographical journal 16 4 381-414 Journal Article: Antarctica rediscovered: Borchgrevink rock specimens rediscovered in the Hunterian Museum. Faithfull, J. W. and Durant, G. P. Antarctica rediscovered: Borchgrevink rock specimens rediscovered in the Hunterian Museum. 2001 Scottish naturalist 113 127-39 Book: In search of the last continent: Australia and early Antarctic exploration McConville, Andrew In search of the last continent: Australia and early Antarctic exploration Melbourne Australian Scholarly Publishing 2022 Book: South by Northwest: the Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica Mawer, Granville Allen South by Northwest: the Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica Kent Town Wakefield Press 2006 Journal Article: A forgotten explorer: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink Evans, H. B.; and Jones, A. G. E. A forgotten explorer: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink 1974 Polar record 17 108 221-35 Book Section: Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864-1934), Antarctic explorer Swan, R. A. Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (1864-1934), Antarctic explorer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 348 Journal Article: Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934): the Man Who Claimed to be the First to Set Foot on Antarctica Branagan, D. F. Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934): the Man Who Claimed to be the First to Set Foot on Antarctica 2014 Earth Sciences History 33 1 67-121 Journal Article: The Possession Islands Ross Sea Antarctica: a history of exploration and scientific endeavour at a Ross Sea archipelago since the first landing in 1841 Harrowfield, D. L. and Mabin, M. C. G. The Possession Islands Ross Sea Antarctica: a history of exploration and scientific endeavour at a Ross Sea archipelago since the first landing in 1841 2023 Polar Record 59 e3 1-20 Book: Going to extremes: Project Blizzard and Australia's Antarctic heritage Chester, Jonathan Going to extremes: Project Blizzard and Australia's Antarctic heritage Sydney: Auckland Doubleday Australia 1986 Book: That First Antarctic Winter: the Story of the Southern Cross Expedition of 1898-1900 as Told in the Diaries of Louis Charles Bernacchi Crawford, Janet That First Antarctic Winter: the Story of the Southern Cross Expedition of 1898-1900 as Told in the Diaries of Louis Charles Bernacchi Christchurch, NZ Southern Latitude Research in association with Peter J. Skellerup 1998