Martin Richard Rønne (September 15, 1861 – May 15, 1932)
was a
Norwegian
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sail maker and polar explorer.
Rønne was born in
Hamar
Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...
. He took part in
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen beg ...
's expedition to Antarctica in 1910–1912,
where he was one of those that remained behind on the ''
Fram
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'' while the overwintering group disembarked in the
Bay of Whales
The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the Ross Ice Shelf just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. It is the southernmost point of open ocean not only of the Ross Sea, but worldwide. The Ross Sea ex ...
to prepare for the journey to the
South Pole
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.
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
Ny-Ålesund ("New Ålesund") is a small town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula (Brøggerhalvøya) and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden. The company town is owned ...
, where he helped Amundsen plan his
flying boat expedition.
He also participated in
Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
'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 Sydpolen 1910–1911'') is a Norwegian medal established by Haakon VII of ...
.
References
External links
The Fram Museum: Martin Rønne
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Explorers of Antarctica
Explorers of the Arctic
People from Hamar
1861 births
1932 deaths
Amundsen's South Pole expedition