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Hcnrik Greve Blessing; doctor and botanist to the 

 expedition, was born in Drammen in 1866, where his 

 father was at that time a clergyman. He became a 

 student in 1885, and graduated in medicine in the spring 

 of 1893. 



Theodore Claudius Jacobsen, mate of the Fram, was 

 born at Tromso in 1855, where his father was a ship's 

 captain, afterwards harbour master and head pilot. At 

 the age of fifteen he went to sea, and passed his mate's 

 examination four years later. He spent two years in 

 New Zealand, and from 1886-90 he went on voyages to 

 the Arctic Sea as skipper of a Tromso sloop. He is 

 married, and has one child. 



Anton Amundsen, chief engineer of the Fram, was 

 born at Horten in 1853. In 1884 he passed his 

 technical examination, and soon afterwards his engineer's 

 examination. For twenty-five years he has been in 

 the Navy, where he attained the rank of chief engineer. 

 He is married, and has six children. 



Adolf Juell, steward and cook of the Fram, was born 

 in the parish of Skato, near Kragero, in 1860. His 

 father, Claus Nielsen, was a farmer and shipowner. In 

 1879 he passed his mate's examination, and has been 

 captain of a ship many years. He is married, and has 

 four children. 



Lars Petterson, second engineer of the Fram, was 

 born in 1860, at Borre, near Landskrona, in Sweden, of 

 Norwegian parents. He is a fully qualified smith and 



