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[[File:SverreHassel.jpg|thumb|200px|Sverre Helge Hassel]]
[[File:SverreHassel.jpg|thumb|200px|Sverre Helge Hassel]]
'''Sverre Helge Hassel''' (30 July 1876 – 6 June 1928) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the [[South Pole]].{{sfn|Store norske leksikon}}
'''Sverre Helge Hassel''' (30 July 1876&nbsp;– 6 June 1928) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the [[South Pole]].{{sfn|Store norske leksikon}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.polarhistorie.no/personer/Hassel%2C%20Sverre%20Helge|title= Sverre Helge Hassel|publisher= Norsk Polar History|access-date= 1 June 2017}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Sverre Hassel was born in [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo), Norway. As soon as he was old enough, he went to sea, earning his mate's certificate. Between 1898 and 1902, Hassel participated on board the ''[[Fram (ship)|Fram]]'' in [[Otto Sverdrup]]'s attempt to [[circumnavigate]] [[Greenland]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://frammuseum.no/polar_history/vessels/the_polar_ship_fram/|title= The Polar Ship Fram|publisher= The Fram Museum |access-date= 1 June 2017}}</ref>


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[[File:Sydpolmedaljen.jpg|thumb|upright|[[South Pole Medal]]]]
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Sverre Hassel was born in [[Oslo|Christiania]], and as soon as he was old enough, he went to sea, earning his mate's certificate. Between 1898 and 1902, Hassel participated in [[Otto Sverdrup]]'s attempt to [[circumnavigate]] [[Greenland]].
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Along with [[Helmer Hanssen]], Hassel was picked as an expert dog driver to take part in [[Roald Amundsen]]'s [[Amundsen's South Pole expedition|South Pole expedition]] 1910–1912. On 14 December 1911, Hassel together with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, [[Olav Bjaaland]] and [[Oscar Wisting]] were the first to reach the [[South Pole]]. For his participation in the expedition, he was awarded the [[South Pole Medal]] (''Sydpolsmedaljen''), the Royal Norwegian award instituted by King [[Haakon VII]] in 1912 to reward participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition.{{sfn|The Fram Museum}}


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Hassel was constable of the Maritime Military Corps in 1904 before he was hired as an assistant at the customs authorities in [[Kristiansand]]. In 1922, Hassel became customs inspector and office manager in [[Grimstad]]. Sverre Hassel died in 1928 during a visit to Amundsen's home in [[Svartskog]].<ref>{{cite web
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[[File:Sydpolmedaljen.jpg|thumb|upright|Medal of the South Pole]]
|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Sverre_Hassel|title= Sverre Hassel |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Susan Barr|access-date= 1 June 2017}}</ref>
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Along with [[Helmer Hanssen]], Hassel was picked as an expert dog driver to take part in [[Roald Amundsen]]'s South Pole expedition 1910&nbsp;– 1912. On 14 December 1911, Hassel together with Amundsen, Hanssen, [[Olav Bjaaland]] and [[Oscar Wisting]] were the first to reach the [[South Pole]]. For his participation in the expedition, he was awarded the Medal of the South Pole (''Sydpolsmedaljen''), the Royal Norwegian award instituted by King [[Haakon VII]] in 1912 to reward participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition.{{sfn|The Fram Museum}}

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Hassel was constable of the Naval Corps in 1904 before he was hired as an assistant at the customs authorities in [[Kristiansand]]. In 1922, Hassel became customs inspector and office manager in [[Grimstad]].

Sverre Hassel died in 1928 while visiting his old friend Amundsen.


== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
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* [[Mount Hassel]]: peak at the northeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of [[Amundsen Glacier]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]] in Antarctica.

* [[Hassel Sound]]: strait between [[Amund Ringnes Island]] and [[Ellef Ringnes Island]] in northern Canada
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* [[Mount Hassel]]&nbsp;— peak at the northeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of [[Amundsen Glacier]], in the [[Queen Maud Mountains]] in Antarctica.
* [[Hassel Sound]]&nbsp;— strait between [[Amund Ringnes Island]] and [[Ellef Ringnes Island]] in northern Canada
* [[Cape Sverre]]: northernmost point on Amund Ringnes Island, which he circumnavigated in 1900{{sfn|Mills}}
* [[Cape Sverre]]&nbsp;— northernmost point on Amund Ringnes Island which he circumnavigated in 1900{{sfn|Mills}}

== See also ==
* [[:no:Sydpolsmedaljen|Sydpolsmedaljen]] (in Norwegian)


== Sources ==
== Sources ==


Roald Amundsen wrote about the expedition in ''Sydpolen'' published in two volumes in 1912–1913.
Roald Amundsen wrote about the expedition in ''Sydpolen'' published in two volumes in 1912–1913.
The work was translated into English by A. G. Chater, and published as ''The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912''{{sfn|Kurtagić}}
The work was translated from the Norwegian into English by A. G. Chater, and published as ''The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/southpoleaccount0220Helge|title= The South Pole : an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912|publisher= London: John Murray|author= Roald Amundsen|year= 1912|access-date= 1 June 2017}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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| last = Kurtagić
| first = Alex
| date = 12 December 2010
| title = Roald Amundsen's The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910–1912
| publisher = Counter-Currents Publishing
| work = counter-currents.com
| url = http://www.counter-currents.com/2010/12/the-south-pole/
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 28 March 2023

Sverre Helge Hassel

Sverre Helge Hassel (30 July 1876 – 6 June 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the South Pole.[1][2]

Biography

[edit]

Sverre Hassel was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. As soon as he was old enough, he went to sea, earning his mate's certificate. Between 1898 and 1902, Hassel participated on board the Fram in Otto Sverdrup's attempt to circumnavigate Greenland.[3]

South Pole Medal

Along with Helmer Hanssen, Hassel was picked as an expert dog driver to take part in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition 1910–1912. On 14 December 1911, Hassel together with Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland and Oscar Wisting were the first to reach the South Pole. For his participation in the expedition, he was awarded the South Pole Medal (Sydpolsmedaljen), the Royal Norwegian award instituted by King Haakon VII in 1912 to reward participants in Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition.[4]

Hassel was constable of the Maritime Military Corps in 1904 before he was hired as an assistant at the customs authorities in Kristiansand. In 1922, Hassel became customs inspector and office manager in Grimstad. Sverre Hassel died in 1928 during a visit to Amundsen's home in Svartskog.[5]

Legacy

[edit]

Sources

[edit]

Roald Amundsen wrote about the expedition in Sydpolen published in two volumes in 1912–1913. The work was translated from the Norwegian into English by A. G. Chater, and published as The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912[7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Store norske leksikon.
  2. ^ "Sverre Helge Hassel". Norsk Polar History. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "The Polar Ship Fram". The Fram Museum. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. ^ The Fram Museum.
  5. ^ Susan Barr. "Sverre Hassel". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. ^ Mills.
  7. ^ Roald Amundsen (1912). "The South Pole : an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912". London: John Murray. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

Sources

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