Helmer Hansen
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Helmer Hanssen, (Vesterålen, Norway) was a Norwegian explorer and an experienced sailor who was colleague of Roald Amundsen.
He was Roald Amundsen's companion and picked personally by Amundsen to be with him on his expeditions. He was with Amundsen on the expedition to the nortwest passage in 1906 with the ship "Gjøa" and to the south pole with "Fram" in 1911. Hansen was a skilled seal and whale hunter and used to the arctic climate.
He gives his name to a mountain at the south pole (mount Helmer Hansen).
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This is the same person as Helmer Hanssen. There was a misunderstanding with the double "S" in the last name. Helmer Hanssen is the correct person.
