Norwegian Explorer
1. Fridtjof Nansen (1861)
Norwegian Explorer
Explorer who led four Arctic expeditions and won the Nobel Prize for Peace for helping populations displaced by war.
2. Roald Amundsen (1872)
Norwegian Explorer
Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole in the early 20th century.
3. Sverre Hassel (1876)
Norwegian Explorer
Remembered as one of the first explorers to travel to the South Pole, he made his historic journey along with fellow adventurers Helmer Hanssen, Roald Amundsen, Oscar Wisting, and Olav...
4. Helge Ingstad (1899)
Norwegian Explorer
Going off of an ancient map and an explorer's instinct, he found the landing place of the Vikings in North America.
5. Tormod Granheim (1974)
Norwegian Explorer
Tormod Granheim is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing. On May 16 2006 he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest's North Face...
6. Monica Kristensen Solås (1950)
Norwegian Explorer
Monica Kristensen Solås born 30 June 1950 is a Norwegian glaciologist meteorologist polar explorer and crime novelist. She was born in Torsby Sweden of Swedish/Norwegian parents and moved as a...
7. Erik Eriksen (explorer) (Unknow)
Norwegian Explorer
Erik Eriksen was a Norwegian ice sea captain born in Lyngør Norway. He later moved to Hammerfest Norway. Eriksen was the inventor of the grenade harpoon used in modern whaling....
8. Torry Larsen (1971)
Norwegian Explorer
Torry Larsen is a Norwegian adventurer and Arctic explorer. In 1992 he met fellow adventurer-to-be Rune Gjeldnes also of Møre og Romsdal. Both Gjeldnes and Larsen served in the Norwegian...
9. Erling Kagge (1963)
Norwegian Explorer
Erling Kagge is a Norwegian explorer/adventurer lawyer art collector and publisher.
