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'''[[Lars Christensen]]''' (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norwegian shipowner and [[whaling]] magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of [[Antarctica]]. | '''[[Lars Christensen]]''' (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norwegian shipowner and [[whaling]] magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of [[Antarctica]]. | ||
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Lars Christensen (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of Antarctica.
On the expeditions he financed between 1927 and 1937, Christensen's men discovered and surveyed substantial new land on the Dronning Maud Land and MacRobertson Land coasts. Places in Antarctica named after Christensen include the Lars Christensen Peak, the Lars Christensen Coast as well as Lars Christensen Land, also known as MacRobertson Land, where the (now closed) Russian Soyuz station operated. In addition, Ingrid Christensen Coast was named after Christensen's wife, one of the first women to visit Antarctica.