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''[[Endurance]]'', the ship that became famous after Sir [[Ernest Shackleton|Ernest Shackleton's]] failed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, was originally built for Christensen, who intended to use her for Arctic cruises for tourists to hunt polar bears. When this did not happen, Christensen sold the ship to Shackleton. | ''[[Endurance]]'', the ship that became famous after Sir [[Ernest Shackleton|Ernest Shackleton's]] failed Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, was originally built for Christensen, who intended to use her for Arctic cruises for tourists to hunt polar bears. When this did not happen, Christensen sold the ship to Shackleton. | ||
Christensen had a deep interest in [[Antarctica]] and its animal life. He was particularly interested in making geographical discoveries, and gave his captains wide latitude to do so. He financed several expeditions specifically devoted to the exploration of the Antarctic continent and its waters, and participated in some of these himself, even bringing his wife Ingrid with him in the 1936–1937 expedition. He was among the first to use aerial surveying with | Christensen had a deep interest in [[Antarctica]] and its animal life. He was particularly interested in making geographical discoveries, and gave his captains wide latitude to do so. He financed several expeditions specifically devoted to the exploration of the Antarctic continent and its waters, and participated in some of these himself, even bringing his wife Ingrid with him in the 1936–1937 expedition. He was among the first to use aerial surveying with seaplanes to map the coast of East Antarctica, which he completed from the [[Weddell Sea]] to the [[Shackleton Ice Shelf]], concentrating on [[Bouvet Island]] and the region from [[Enderby Land]] to [[Coats Land]]. From the seaplane brought on the 1936-1937 expedition, members took 2,200 aerial photographs, covering 6,250 km2. Mrs Christensen became the first woman to fly over the continent. | ||
On 1 December 1927, as the leader of one of his financed expeditions, Christensen landed on and claimed the [[Bouvet Island]] (''Bouvetøya'') for Norway; it had previously been claimed by Great Britain, but the British soon abandoned their claim and recognized the island as Norwegian. | On 1 December 1927, as the leader of one of his financed expeditions, Christensen landed on and claimed the [[Bouvet Island]] (''Bouvetøya'') for Norway; it had previously been claimed by Great Britain, but the British soon abandoned their claim and recognized the island as Norwegian. | ||