Larsen’s cairn: the birth of a new historical site in Antarctica

This article describes the history of Larsen’s cairn, one of the oldest historical sites in Antarctica, and explains how it became one of the most recently declared Historical Site and Monuments (HSMs) on the continent. Norwegian explorer and whaler Carl Anton Larsen constructed the cairn on Marambi...

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Main Authors: Pablo Gabriel Fontana, María Angélica Guerriere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2025-08-01
Series:Polar Research
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Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/9729/19734
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