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South Pole Medal
The South Pole Medal ( no, Sydpolsmedaljen) or Medal Commemorating the 1910–1911 ''Fram'' Expedition to the South Pole (''Medalje til erindring om "Frams" ekspedisjon til Sydpolen 1910–1911'') is a Norwegian medal established by Haakon VII of Norway on August 20, 1912 to recognize participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition.Lampe, C. (ed.). 1927. ''Norges statskalender for året 1927''. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W. Nygaard), pp. 1053–1054. The medal was awarded to participants in the exhibition on the day it was instituted. The medal was designed by the engraver Ivar Throndsen. Description The South Pole Medal was cast in gold, silver, and bronze,Støren, Ragnvald, & Hans Jørgen Holst. 1937. ''Myntgravør Ivar Throndsens medaljer, jetonger og merker''. Oslo : I kommisjon hos H. Aschehoug, p. 149. and it was awarded in gold.Lampe, C. (ed.). 1913. ''Norges statskalender for aaret 1913''. Kristiania: Aschehoug & Co (W. Nygaard), pp. 1093–1094. The obverse depicts Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplom Sydpol
A ''Diplom'' (, from grc, δίπλωμα ''diploma'') is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Education in Germany, Germany, Education in Austria, Austria, and Education in Switzerland, Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Education in Albania, Albania, Education in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Education in Belarus, Belarus, Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Education in Croatia, Croatia, Education in Estonia, Estonia, Education in Finland, Finland, Education in Poland, Poland, Education in Russia, Russia, and Education in Ukraine, Ukraine and only for engineers in Education in France, France, Education in Greece, Greece, Education in Hungary, Hungary, Education in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Romanian educational system, Romania, Education in Serbia, Serbia, Education in Slovenia, Slovenia, and Education in Brazil, Brazil. History The Diplom originates from the French Diplôme (''Diplôme de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orders, Decorations, And Medals Of Norway
This is a list of Norwegian orders and medals, in order of precedence. This list contains all medals approved for wearing on a Norwegian military uniform in ranked order. Group 1: Awarded by or approved by H.M. The King Those awards presented by or approved by the Monarchy of Norway, King of Norway are worn in an order of precedence established by Royal Decree of 11 June 1943, with subsequent additions. Royal Family Orders * Royal Family Order of King Haakon VII of Norway (1906–1957) * Royal Family Order of King Olav V of Norway (1957–1991) * Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway (1991–current) These are not worn on military uniform. Group 2: Foreign state decorations Decorations that are awarded or approved by foreign heads of state. They are ranked as follows: British, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Swedish, other countries are ranked alphabetically by their name in French. Group 3: Decorations of UN, NATO, EU, OSCE and similar Decorations from intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Wisting
Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Biography Oscar Wisting was born in Larvik, in Vestfold county, Norway. He was the son of Ola Martin Olsen Wisting (1843–1927) and Abigael Helene Andersen (1843–85). He became the eldest of 13 children. His father ran a trucking business. At the age of sixteen, he went to sea and in 1892 joined the Royal Norwegian Navy. He was working as a naval gunner at Karljohansvern, the naval base in Horten during 1909 when Roald Amundsen asked him to go north with him on his forthcoming North Pole expedition. Amundsen later secretly changed his plans. Wisting went to sea believing they were heading for the North Pole. Instead he learned that they were going south to pick up the race with Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole. As a participant in Amundsen's South Pole expediti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Sundbeck
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People * Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark * Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves *Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr *Knud L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen Stubberud
Jørgen Stubberud (17 April 1883 – 12 February 1980) was a Norwegian polar explorer who participated in the Amundsen Antarctica Expedition between 1910 and 1912. Stubberud was born at Bekkensten, Svartskog in Oppegård, in Akershus county, Norway. He first met with Roald Amundsen at the latter's home in Svartskog in 1909, when he was employed as a carpenter to repair some old houses. Stubberud obviously did the job well, as Amundsen afterward asked him to construct Framheim in his garden. The task given was: "It should be a winter quarters, five meters long, four meters wide and five meters high. Figure out the rest yourself!" When the job was done and Amundsen was satisfied with the work, the cabin was dismantled and prepared for shipment with the vessel ''Fram''. Stubberud himself seized the opportunity and asked Amundsen for permission to join the expedition, which was granted. With his wife's blessing he then signed a contract to work for Amundsen the next seven year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Rønne
Martin Richard Rønne (September 15, 1861 – May 15, 1932) was a Norwegian sail maker and polar explorer. Rønne was born in Hamar. He took part in Roald Amundsen's expedition to Antarctica in 1910–1912, where he was one of those that remained behind on the ''Fram'' while the overwintering group disembarked in the Bay of Whales to prepare for the journey to the South Pole. From 1918 to 1920 he participated in Amundsen's expedition through the Northeast Passage in the '' Maud'', and in 1925 and 1926 he was in Ny-Ålesund, where he helped Amundsen plan his flying boat expedition. He also participated in Richard E. Byrd's first Antarctic expedition from 1928 to 1930. Rønne was the father of the polar explorer Finn Ronne, who emigrated to the United States in 1923. Rønne was awarded the South Pole Medal The South Pole Medal ( no, Sydpolsmedaljen) or Medal Commemorating the 1910–1911 ''Fram'' Expedition to the South Pole (''Medalje til erindring om "Frams" ekspedisjon til S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Prestrud
Kristian Prestrud (22 October 1881 – 11 November 1927) was a Norway, Norwegian naval officer and polar explorer who participated in Amundsen's South Pole expedition between 1910 and 1912. Prestrud was first officer of the ''Fram'' and leader of the Norwegian expedition's Eastern Sledge Party to the Scott Nunataks. Background Kristian Prestrud was born in the parish of Grue, Norway, Grue in Hedmark, Norway and was baptized in Grue Church during January 1882. His father was a distillery manager in Løten. Krsitian Prestrud left for the sea in 1896. He entered at the Naval Academy at Karljohansvern in Horten during 1898. He became second lieutenant in 1902 and first lieutenant in 1905. After leaving the Academy he sailed in the merchant fleet. Amundsen's South Pole expedition Roald Amundsen was secretive about his real attentions with regards of the ''Fram (ship), Fram'' expeditions, the only persons to know in advance were his brother, and the ship's commander, Lieutenant Thorval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Nødtvedt
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorvald Nilsen
Thorvald Nilsen (6 August 1881 – 19 April 1940) was captain of the polar ship, the ''Fram'' and deputy commander during Roald Amundsen's expedition to Antarctica (1910–12). While Amundsen conquered the South Pole, the ''Fram'' was used for oceanographic observations in the South Atlantic. Nilsen had education and practice both from the navy and from the merchant navy on routes to South America when he applied in 1909 and got the position as master of Roald Amundsen's planned North Pole expedition with the ''Fram''. He was, of course, among the first to receive the message that the journey should go to the South Pole instead. The ''Fram'' sailed from Nilsen's hometown Kristiansand on 9 August 1910. The Bay of Whales in Antarctica was reached on 13 January 1911, and the winters were put ashore. Reached 78 ° 41 's.br. deepest in the bay and thus became the ship that had been both the farthest north and the farthest south in the world. On 14 February, they left Whale Bay a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Lindstrøm
Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm (May 17, 1866 – September 21, 1939) was a Norwegian chef and polar explorer. Lindstrøm was born in Hammerfest. He was of Kven origin. He took part in Otto Sverdrup's ''Fram'' expedition from 1898 to 1902. Later he traveled with Roald Amundsen during his navigation of the Northwest Passage in the ''Gjøa'' from 1903 to 1906, and in the South Pole expedition of 1910 to 1912. He also took part in an expedition to Siberia from 1914 to 1916. Lindstrøm died in Oslo. Lindstrøm was a large, jovial man and he rarely left the ship, unlike other expedition participants. The only thing that could lure him out was the opportunity to hunt ptarmigan because fresh meat was appreciated on the long expeditions. Lindstrøm was also a dispassionate man and an asset to the crew when "polar nerves" got to them and homesickness arose during the long polar night after several years in the ice. Roald Amundsen wrote in his diary on April 5, 1911, "He has rendered greater and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
