Carsten borchgrevink biography of rory van

Carsten Borchgrevink Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink was born in Norway in In Borchgrevink migrated to Australia where, after four years of bouncing around, he became a teacher. It appears safe to claim that Borchgrevink had an inner passion for adventure and exploration. In he signed on as a "generally useful hand" with the Norwegian sealing and whaling expedition led by Henrik Johan Bull.

The landing at Cape Adare was the first confirmed landing on the Antarctic continental mainland.

The second report of snipe on Campbell Island was of 3 birds shot by Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevinkin Oct Denver, Denver Museum of Natural History.

Commercially, the expedition was a failure. Despite the poor commercial results, many geological and botanical findings tweaked the interest of the Australian Antarctic Committee, especially that of Professor T. Edgeworth David. Both Bull and Borchgrevink went on the lecture circuit in Melbourne and Sydney but could not raise enough interest to finance a second expedition.

Falling on deaf ears, Borchgrevink left for England. He presented his study to the Geographical Congress in London which resulted in Dr. Mill declaring "His blunt manner and abrupt speech stirred the academic discussions with a fresh breeze of realism. No one liked Borchgrevink very much at that time, but he had a dynamic quality and a set purpose to get out again to the unknown South that struck some of us as boding well for exploration".

The British went on a campaign to raise the necessary funds and support for a significant expedition to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, Borchgrevink offered to lead a small expedition of his own with the primary goal of finding the South Magnetic Pole.