Carsten Richardson
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Holsteinian-Danish naval officer and arctic explorer
Carsten Richardson was an early 17th-century
King Christian IV's final expedition to Greenland
.
Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 expedition to
Grønlandske Bark
("Greenland Bark") – and 44 men. Dense sea ice prevented them from landing on the Greenland coast, which was in sight.
Notes
- Mills, William James (2003) Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia – 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA USA. pp. 548–549: Carsten Richardson