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Name: OLSEN, Olaf Born: Norway, 16 September 1864 Died: 1 December 1914 Age: 50 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A8 Register: 30 In his diary, Frank Hurley, the photographer with Shackleton, wrote: Tue December 1st 1914 Evening. Whaler Ingeborg arrived from Godthul with the body of 2nd mate of Thor I killed by a falling derrick.

Name: BJØRNSTAD, Oskar Born: Norway, 5 August 1880 Died: 19 September 1912 Age: 32 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A7 Register: 17 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912

Name: OLENIUS, Gustav Born: Finland, 5 March 1881 Died: 18 August 1912 Age: 31 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A6 Register: 16 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912

Name: HENRIKSEN, Karsten Born: 7 September 1891 Died: 9 August 1912 Age: 20 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A5 Register: 15 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912. The grave marker spells his surname with an extra ‘d’ compared to the Register of Deaths entry.

Name: GOBIS, Miguel Born: Lithuania, 1887 Died: 28 May 1928 Age: 40 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A12 Register: 96 The Register of Deaths tells us that he committed suicide. Might this be linked to the location of the grave – right in the corner of the cemetery, out of chronological order of burials? At this

Name: RASMUSSEN, Johannes Emil Born: Denmark, 3 November 1900 Died: 22 February 1919 Age: 18 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A11 Register: 57 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/32 According to the Coroner’s Inquest in the SPRI archives, on 7 February Rasmussen was loading barrels of oil onto the “Tijuca”. A shackle slipped and the boom fell onto his head.

Name: OLSEN, Petter Born: Norway, 20 October 1875 Died: 24 February 1917 Age: 41 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: A10 Register: 48 The Register of Deaths tells us that Petter was accidentally drowned, and his body was not found until a year later, in March 1918.