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Carsten E. Borschgrevink, Southern Cross - Crew
British Antarctic Expedition 1898 - 1900

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The crew alphabetically

Andersen, Johan A. - Able seaman
Anderson, Lars - Steward
Been, Carl H.J. - Fireman
Bernacchi, Louis Charles - Astronomer and Physicist
Bjarko, Oscar M. - Able seaman
Borschgrevink, Carsten E. - Expedition leader
Brynildsen, Karl - Fireman
Colbeck, William - Magnetical observer and cartographer
Ellefsen, Kolbein - Cook
Evans, Hugh - Assistant zoologist
Fougner, Anton - Scientific Assistant
Hansen, Hans - Second mate
Jahnsen, Johannes - Cook
Jensen, Bernhard - Captain
Johansen, Alex - Ordinary seaman
Johansen, Julius - second engineer		 Johnson, Hans J. - Able seaman
Karlsen, Adolf M. - Ordinary seaman
Klemetsen, Klemet - Boatswain
Klovstad, Herlof - Medical Officer
Larsen, Lars A. - Able seaman
Larsen, Olof - Able seaman
Magnussen, Franz Johan - Able seaman
Must, Ole - a Norwegian Lapp
Olsen, J. Christian - First engineer, first class certificate
Petersen, Jorgen - First Mate
Samuelsen, Ingvard - Able seaman
Savio, Per - a Norwegian Lapp
Ulis, Hans - Carpenter


Southern Cross in the Derwent, 1898
picture courtesy - Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.

In more detail

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bullet denotes other Arctic or Antarctic expeditionary experience, prior to, or following this expedition.

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number in brackets is age at the start of this expedition - not always completely accurate.

Portraits courtesy - Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania.

Carsten E. Borschgrevink - Expedition leader
Bernhard Jensen - Captain
Hans Hansen (21) - Second mate

Experienced ice navigator and hunter, born 1877
Louis Charles Bernacchi  - Astronomer and Physicist
 
bullet Southern Cross expedition over wintering in the hut at Cape Adare.
bulletPhysicist - Discovery 1901-04

Born and educated in Tasmania, later joining the Melbourne Observatory as a student where he gained the specialist knowledge in magnetism that led to his being appointed to Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition in 1898.

He was a very late recruit to the Discovery expedition, being appointed as physicist only after the original candidate had been rejected on medical grounds. He did not join the expedition until the Discovery had reached New Zealand.
Colbeck, William - Magnetic observer and Cartographer
Hugh Evans - Assistant Zoologist

Born 1874 - Aylburton, Gloucestershire England. 23 at time of the expedition.
Anton Fougner, - Scientific Assistant
Hans Ulis - Carpenter
Lars Anderson (48) - Steward

Born 1850
J. Christian Olsen - First engineer, first class certificate

Experienced engineer and boilermaker. Professional engineer at Jensen and Dahl shipbuilding yard, Friedrikstad, Nowray at the time of appointment to the expedition.
Julius Johansen - second engineer

Professional engineer at Jensen and Dahl shipbuilding yard, Friedrikstad, Nowray at the time of appointment to the expedition.
Klemet Klemetsen - Boatswain
Johannes Jahnsen - Cook
Franz Johan Magnussen - Able seaman
Oscar M. Bjarko - Able seaman
Ingvard Samuelsen - Able seaman
Hans J. Johnson - Able seaman
Johan A. Andersen - Able seaman
Olof Larsen - Able seaman
Lars A. Larsen - Able seaman
Adolf M. Karlsen - Ordinary seaman
Carl H.J. Been - Fireman
Alex Johansen - Ordinary seaman
Karl Brynildsen - Fireman
Savio (21) - a Norwegian Lapp

Born 1877 "well known for his faithful character, hardihood and intelligence."
Must (21) - a Norwegian Lapp

Born 1877, like Savio, an experienced snow-shoe runner.


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Biographical information - This is a particularly difficult area to research and I am concentrating on the Antarctic (and Arctic) experiences of the men involved. Any further information or pictures visitors may have is gratefully received. Likewise links to other websites, details of family trees or any other form of information of the people mentioned here and involved in early Antarctic exploration, or of any corrections to the details published.  Please email  - Paul, webmaster.


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