Carsten Borchgrevink  (1864 - 1934)

Carsten Borchgrevink, like Amundsen, was born in Norway, but had made his home in Australia when recruited by Henryk Bull, a Norwegian-born, Melbourne-based businessman, for an Antarctic expedition in 1895 which made the first landing on East Antarctica. Determined to return, Borchgrevink won substantial financial support from a British businessman to lead a 'British Antarctic Expedition' to the Ross Sea region. His party, which included the Tasmanian scientist Louis Bernacchi, set up a base at Cape Adare in 1899-1900 to become the first party to spend winter on the Antarctic mainland. On the return journey Borchgrevink and two companions reached a 'farthest south' of 78°50' on the Ross Ice Shelf before returning via New Zealand to Hobart.