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Sverdrup

noun
1.
Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930).  Synonym: Otto Neumann Sverdrup.






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"Sverdrup" Quotes from Famous Books



... many who wished to go with him he chose the best twelve. The vessel was christened the Fram (Plate XXXIX.), and the captain was named Sverdrup. He had been with Nansen before on an expedition when they crossed the inland ice of Greenland from coast to coast. They took provisions for five ...
— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin

... was rapid. Peary continued his explorations towards the north of Greenland, and, in 1906, by reaching latitude 87 deg. 6', he wrested from Nansen the coveted record of Farthest North. At the same time Captain Sverdrup (the commander of the Fram), the Duke of the Abruzzi and many others were carrying out scientific expeditions in polar waters. The voyage made in 1904 by Captain Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian, later on to be world-famous as the discoverer ...
— Adventurers of the Far North - A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas • Stephen Leacock



Words linked to "Sverdrup" :   adventurer, Otto Neumann Sverdrup, explorer



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