17 February 1898End of First Francis Hagerup GovernmentFrancis Hagerup
The First Francis Hagerup Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Historical records for Norway in 1898, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The First Francis Hagerup Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
Begins the Second Johannes Steen Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Barrier's surface.
It also pioneered the use of dogs and sledges in Antarctic travel. Borchgrevink purchases the whaling ship Pollux, renamed her Southern Cross, and had her fitted out for Antarctic service, the Southern Cross sails from London
The Southern Cross Expedition, officially known as the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.
The brainchild of the Norwegian-born, half-British explorer and schoolmaster Carsten Borchgrevink, it was the first expedition to over-winter on the Antarctic mainland, the first to visit the Great Ice Barrier since James Clark Ross in 1839-43, and the first to effect a landing on the
The Southern Cross left London on 23 August 1898, after inspection by HRH the Duke of York (the future King George V), who presented a Union Flag
Serves on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgica expedition, the first expedition to winter in Antarctica, and learns polar survival lessons including the value of fresh meat against scurvy
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