Borup, George, 1885-1912

Member of the North Pole expedition led by Robert E. Peary, 1908-1909; assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, 1911-1912.

Borup was a geologist and explorer. He was the brother of Yvette Borup Andrews, the first wife of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Borup participated in Robert E. Peary's 1908-1909 North Polar expedition aboard the S.S. Roosevelt; his book, A tenderfoot with Peary, was published in 1911. Borup was appointed assistant curator, in the American Museum of Natural History's Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology on Dec. 20, 1911, and was chosen to lead the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. He drowned on April 28, 1912, in a boating accident in Long Island Sound.

George Borup was a geologist and explorer. He was the brother of Yvette Borup Andrews, the first wife of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews.

Borup participated in Robert E. Peary's 1908-1909 North Polar expedition aboard the S.S. Roosevelt; his book, A tenderfoot with Peary, was published in 1911. Borup was appointed assistant curator, in the American Museum of Natural History's Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology on Dec. 20, 1911, and was chosen to lead the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. He drowned on April 28, 1912, in a boating accident in Long Island Sound.