Erik Eriksen (explorer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian explorer
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About Erik Eriksen (explorer)
- Erik Eriksen (25 February 1820 - died 1888) was a Norwegian polar captain.
- Eriksen was the first to sight and shore Kong Karls Land, commemorated by the strait Erik Eriksenstretet.
- Eriksen also contributed to the invention of the grenade harpoon used in modern whaling.
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