Nils Larsen

Sea Captain

The Norwegian expeditions to Antarctica led by Captain Nils Larsen are most known. When Larsen graduated from the University of Oslo with a master's degree, he worked for a shipping company before becoming a well-known whaler in Norway. Additionally, Nils Larsen served as the ship's first mate on several Norvegia Antarctic excursions, as well as a captain on several of his own vessels. Eventually, Norway was able to gain control of Bouvet Island and Peter I Island as a result of this scientific