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. Buried 7pm in little cemetery on S. side of K.E.Cove
Note: Thor I was the factory ship that operated at Godthul.