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Ocean Harbour Cemetery on Google Maps

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Prince Olav Harbour Cemetery on Google Maps

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Frank Wild’s ashed buried at Grytviken

On Sunday 27 November 2011, the ashes of Frank Wild, polar explorer par excellance, were buried next to ‘The Boss’.

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WILD, Frank

Name: WILD, John Robert Francis Born: 18 April 1873 Died: 19 August 1939 Buried: 27 November 2011 Age: 65 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C0 Register: – Frank Wild was a great polar explorer, taking part in five expeditions to Antarctica during the heroic age of exploration. His ashes were buried in Grytviken on Sunday 27

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Albert Watt information

A little information added about Albert Watt, buried in Grytviken in 1962.

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Fritdjof Nansen 1906

Information about nine casualties in 1906 when the factory ship Fritdjof Nansen hit rocks.

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Fridtjof Nansen 1906

The SGHT website tells us: The factory ship Fridtjof Nansen, owned by the Sandefjords Hvalfangerselskab, was a floating factory ship that foundered off the Barff Peninsula on her first voyage to South Georgia on 10th November 1906. She hit an uncharted reef and sank within 7 minutes breaking into three. Nine sailors died of the

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