Oluf Christian Dietrichson
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Oluf Christian Dietrichson (3 May 1856 – 20 February 1942) was aNorwegian explorer and military officer. He was a member of theGreenland expedition of 1888 led by Fridtjof Nansen, the first documented crossing of Greenland.
Oluf Dietrichson was born at Skogn(now Levanger) in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.His father, Peter Wilhelm Kreidahl Dietrichson, was employed as thesenior doctor at the Nord-Trøndelag Hospital.He received a military education and was commanding officer in Kristiansand from 1918 to 1924. Dietrichson continued his military career and advanced to Major General.
In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen assembling a team for the purpose of crossing the Greenlandic ice-sheet.Dietrichson participated as a metrological surveyor, surveyor and map marker. The other participants at the Greenland expedition were Otto Sverdrup, Samuel Balto, Ole Nielsen Ravna and Kristian Kristiansen.
Other sources
- Nansen, Fridtjof (tr. H.M. Gepp) (1890). The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans, Green. ISBN 978-1-108-03109-7.