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Otto Sverdrup Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Explore the fascinating life of Otto Sverdrup through this engaging timeline game!

  • Learn about Sverdrup’s early expeditions
  • Discover his contributions to Arctic exploration
  • Test your knowledge by placing events in chronological order
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  • October 31, 1854: Otto Sverdrup is born in Bindal, Norway
  • 1872: Sverdrup joins the Norwegian Navy
  • 1893: Sverdrup participates in the Norwegian North Polar expedition led by Nansen
  • 1898: Sverdrup leads the Fram expedition to the Arctic Ocean
  • 1900: Sverdrup discovers Axel Heiberg Island
  • 1900: Sverdrup discovers Ellef Ringnes Island
  • 1900: Sverdrup discovers Amund Ringnes Island
  • 1902: Sverdrup discovers the islands of Cornwall, Haakon VII, and Kong Oscar
  • 1902: Sverdrup returns to Norway after his polar explorations
  • 1903: Sverdrup publishes his account of the Fram expedition
  • 1903: Sverdrup is awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav by King Haakon VII of Norway
  • 1903-1930: Sverdrup becomes a successful businessman in Norway
  • November 26, 1930: Sverdrup dies in Oslo, Norway
  • 1930: Sverdrup's remains are buried in Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo

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