Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bay of Whales in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Instead of returning home the Southern Cross sailed south to the Great Ice Barrier, Ross had been unable to mke a landing so Borchgrevink discovered an inlet in the Barrier edge, the "Bay of Whales", Borchgrevink, William Colbeck and Per Savio make the first landing on the Barrier and travelled 10 miles (16 km) south to set a new Farthest South record at 78 degrees 50S
Establishes Framheim at the Bay of Whales as the Norwegian base for the South Pole attempt
The expedition arrived at the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf (then known as "the Great Ice Barrier"), at a large inlet called the Bay of Whales
Returns safely to Framheim with the South Pole party after completing the polar journey
Provenance
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