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He served (1897-99) as first mate on the Belgica (under the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache ) in an expedition to the Antarctic, and he commanded the Gjša in the Arctic in the first negotiation of the Northwest Passage (1903-6); the Gjša was the first single ship to complete the route through the Northwest Passage.

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