Karinius Olsen - Biographical notes

cook / carpenter - Amundsen/Fram - first successful expedition to reach the South Pole - 1910-11 Fram

Olsen was the youngest member of the expedition at only 20 years. Amundsen said of him "This was well done for a lad of twenty. I wish we had many like him."

Landmarks named after Karinius Olsen

Feature Name: Olsen Crags
Type: cliff
Latitude: 86°12´S
Longitude: 160°48´W
Description: Rugged crags surmounting a small but conspicuous mountain block that projects into the E side of Amundsen Glacier just N of Epler Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Karinius Olsen, cook on the Fram, the ship of Amundsen's Norwegian expedition of 1910-12. This naming preserves the spirit of Amundsen's 1911 commemoration of "Mount K. Olsen," a name applied for an unidentifiable mountain in the general area.

Variant Name(s) - Mount K. Olsen

Roald Amundsen Books and Film
Scott and Amundsen: Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford UK	Roald Amundsen by Tor Bomann-Larsen UK	The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 UK	Last Place on Earth (1994) DVD DVD
Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen: Ambition and Tragedy in the Antarctic UK	The Amundsen Photographs discovered in 1986, pictures from three of Amundsen's voyages UK	Let Heroes Speak: Antarctic Explorers, 1772-1922 UK	Roald Amundsen - The Quest for the South Pole. Ages 9-12 UK

Roald Amundsen Prints
Roald Amundsen Norwegian Polar Explorer Giclee Print	Roald Amundsen the First to Reach the South Pole Photographic Print	Roald Amundsen the First to Reach the South Pole Photographic Print	Roald Amundsen in the Cabin of His Ship Gjoa Photographic Print
Amundsen and His Team at Hobart Photographic Print	Amundsen and Others in Their Winter Quarters at Framheim Photographic Print	Roald Amundsen Norwegian Polar Explorer Giclee print	Norwegian Explorer Roald Amundsen on Skis During South Pole Expedition Premium Photographic Print
Roald Amundsen, Fixing Position at the Pole,1911 Giclee Print	The 'Fram' Moored Near Roald Amundsen's House, 1912 Photographic print	Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) Photographic Print	Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) Photographic Print

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