Carl Anton Larsen collection 1908

Larsen, Carl Anton, 1860-1924

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Carl Anton Larsen was born in Norway in 1860. He gained his master's certificate when he was twenty and commanded whaling ships in the Arctic Ocean. He was captain of Jason on the Norwegian Whaling Exploration, 1892-1893, making a solitary voyage to Antarctic waters from Sandefjord in search of opportunities for whaling. Landing on Seymour Island, he collected specimens of sedimentary rocks that included fossils, the first recovered from continental Antarctica. He caught no whales b...

Compania Argentina de Pesca

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Larsen, Carl Anton, 1860-1924

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Carl Anton Larsen was born in Norway in 1860. He gained his master's certificate when he was twenty and commanded whaling ships in the Arctic Ocean. He was captain of Jason on the Norwegian Whaling Exploration, 1892-1893, making a solitary voyage to Antarctic waters from Sandefjord in search of opportunities for whaling. Landing on Seymour Island, he collected specimens of sedimentary rocks that included fossils, the first recovered from continental Antarctica. He caught no whales b...

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