Gunnar Horn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gunnar Horn

Norwegian geologist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1894

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1946

Profession: engineer, geologist, explorer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gunnar Hansen Horn (25 June 1894 – 15 July 1946) was a Norwegian petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer.
He is most renowned as the leader of the Bratvaag Expedition that found the long-lost remains of S.
A.
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 at Kvitøya in 1930.
The headland Hornodden of Kvitøya is named after him.