Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer (1870–1956)
Helmer Hanssen
Born
(1870-09-24)24 September 1870
Bjørnskinn, Nordland, Norway
Died
2 August 1956(1956-08-02) (aged 85)
Tromsø, Troms, Norway
Occupation(s)
Seal hunter, ice pilot, polar explorer and captain
Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions led by Roald Amundsen and was one of the first five explorers to reach the South Pole.[1][2]
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Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions...
while enroute to the South Pole in November 1911, and named by him for HelmerHanssen, deputy leader of the South Pole Party. 85°53′S 161°40′W / 85.883°S...
14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: HelmerHanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel. At the first estimated...
Land. A second attempt, with a team of five made up of Olav Bjaaland, HelmerHanssen, Sverre Hassel, Oscar Wisting and Amundsen, departed base camp on 19...
in Otto Sverdrup's attempt to circumnavigate Greenland. Along with HelmerHanssen, Hassel was picked as an expert dog driver to take part in Roald Amundsen's...
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Amundsen's South Pole expedition, on 14 December 1911 along with Amundsen, HelmerHanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Sverre Hassel, Wisting planted the Norwegian flag...
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wide and trends southward about 60 miles to the polar plateau. Mount HelmerHanssen, about 10,742 feet high, is a rounded dome, completely snow-covered...
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Amundsen, the leader of the expedition, was accompanied by Olav Bjaaland, HelmerHanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting, and all five planted the Norwegian...
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