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Bernt Balchen (23 October 1899 – 17 October 1973) was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader.A Norwegian native, he later became an American citizen and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Astrid Bjellebø Bayegan (born 1943), Norway's first female prost or dean; Cornelius Cruys, (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet; Dagny Berger (1903–1950), Norway's first woman aviator; Kristoffer Clausen, media personality; Louise Kathrine Dedichen (born 1964), vice-admiral
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (UK: / ˈ ɑː m ʊ n d s ən /, US: /-m ə n s-/; [3] [4] Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ⓘ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Audun Endestad – Norwegian-born American cross-country skier, author, and field guide; Alf Engen (1909–1997) – Norwegian-born skier and skiing school owner/teacher; set several ski jumping world records in the 1930s; Corey Engen (1916–2006) – captain of the U.S. Nordic ski team at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Gunnar E. Kaasen was born the son of Hans and Anna Kaasen in Burfjorddalen, in Troms county, Norway.He went to the United States to mine for gold in 1903, in the wake of the discovery of gold-bearing sands on Cape Nome in 1898, which triggered one of several gold rushes in the state between 1891 and 1898.
In 1924, he flew the first air mail in Alaska from Fairbanks to McGrath, Alaska in under 3 hours, a distance dog sleds took up to 30 days to cover. [5] He also flew the first air mail from Atlanta to Jacksonville, Florida in 1926. In March 1927, Australian polar explorer George Hubert Wilkins and Eielson explored the drift ice north of Alaska ...
Norwegian American Hall of Fame- Information on famous Americans, past and present, who are readily associated with their Norwegian ancestry Norwegian-American Historical Association — private membership organization dedicated to locating, collecting preserving and interpreting the Norwegian-American experience
Samuel Johannesen Balto was born in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.He had worked as a lumberjack, as well as in reindeer herding and fishing.In 1888, Balto was recruited by Fridtjof Nansen for Nansen's Trans-Greenland Expedition.