Carl Julius Evensen

Carl Julius Evensen (3 December 1851 – 3 October 1937) was a Norwegian shipmaster and explorer. Cape Evensen on the northwest coast of Antarctica and Evensen Nunatak, off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, were named in his honor. [1][2]

Biography

He was born at Drøbak in Akershus, Norway. He was a ship captain and resided in between Oslo and Sandefjord. He explored the Antarctic together with Carl Anton Larsen among others, and in 1893 he reached the Antarctic Peninsula on board the barque Hertha.[3][4]

Personal life

Carl Julius Evensen was married to Severine Marie Jensen in 1879. Carl and Severine had eight children in all, most emigrated to the United States. He died at Brooklyn, New York. [5]

See also

References
  1. "Carl Julius Evensen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. "Evensen Nunatak". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Carl Julius Evensen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  4. "DS Hertha". skipshistorie.net. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. "Karl Julius Evensen". Ancestry. Retrieved 11 July 2012.


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