Sverdrup

[ sver-druhp, sfer-; Norwegian svar-droop ]

noun

Ot·to Neu·mann [awt-toh noi-mahn], /ˈɔt toʊ ˈnɔɪ mɑn/, 1855?–1930, Norwegian explorer of the Arctic.
Also called Sverdrup Islands. a group of islands in the N Northwest Territories of Canada, in the Arctic, W of Ellesmere Island: named after Otto Neumann Sverdrup.

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Captain Sverdrup, who accompanied him across Greenland, goes as navigating officer of the “Fram.”
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 | Various
Nansen and Sverdrup led the way with the large sleigh, while the others, each dragging a smaller one, followed in their wake.
Fridtjof Nansen | Jacob B. Bull
Nansen was standing behind the large sleigh to steady it, while Sverdrup steered from the front.
Fridtjof Nansen | Jacob B. Bull
All preparations being now made, Nansen and Sverdrup set off on their adventurous journey.
Fridtjof Nansen | Jacob B. Bull
In the course of the winter Sverdrup set up a bear-trap of his own invention, but it did not prove very successful.
Fridtjof Nansen | Jacob B. Bull

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