Bjarne Mamen [textual record]

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Bjarne Mamen [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1913-1914.

Reference:

R6064-0-9-E, MG30-B20

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

98096

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Bjarne Mamen
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Date(s):

1913-1914.

Place of creation:

Norway

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Norwegian

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Fonds consists of a typewritten copy of Bjarne Mamen's original diary, 17 June 1913 to 22 May 1914, in Norwegian and a typewritten copy of an English translation of the diary prepared by Dr. M.O. Malte.

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Mamen, Bjarne, 1891-1914

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Mamen, Bjarne, 1891-1914 : Bjarne Mamen was born in Fredrickhald, Norway. He was the youngest member of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, Mamen attended Smaalence College of forestry, studying geology, forestry and surveying, from 1908-1910. He worked as a civil engineer, serving as Assistant Topographer on the Norwegian Spitzbergen Expedition in 1912, and joined the Canadian Arctic Expedition as a Topographer. Mamen was among the party which left the stranded Karluk, and successfully reached Wrangel Island. He accidently shot himself and died at Rogers Harbour.

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General Note:

Transferred from the Department of Marine and Fisheries, which had received it from C.S. Mamen in 1926.
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Explorers Arctic regions 20th century

Arctic regions - Description and travel, 1913-1914 Dr. M.O. Malte, 1914

Bjarne Mamen - Journeys, 1913-1914 Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 1913-1914

Norwegian diaries, 1913-1914

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1913-1914
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MG30-B20
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