Eivind Astrup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian explorer and writer
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Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Eivind Astrup
- Eivind Astrup (Norwegian: ['æ?v?n '?str?p]; 17 September 1871 – 27 December 1895) was a Norwegian explorer and writer.
- Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland.
- In the follow-up Greenland expedition by Peary during 1893–94 he explored and mapped Melville Bay on the north-west coast of Greenland.
- Among his works is Blandt Nordpolens Naboer from 1895 (English edition With Peary near the Pole, 1898).
- He was awarded the Knight of the Order of St.
- Olav in 1892.Astrup is credited for introducing the combination of dog sleds and skis, which came to revolutionize polar expeditions.
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