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Polar Party Cairn Cross

Norway · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
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1912

Tryggve Gran12 November 1912

Ross Ice Shelf · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Gran's ski is used in the cross erected above the snow cairn covering the final camp of Scott, Wilson and Bowers.

Names involved

Tryggve Gran

Provenance

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