biography
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Herbert, Sir Wally
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popular name of Sir Walter William Herbert
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| lived:
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| biography:
| Arctic explorer. Brought up in South Africa and trained at the School of Military Survey, he served with the army in Egypt (1953–4). He was surveyor with the Falkland Is Dependencies Survey (1955–8), and took part in expeditions to Lapland, Svalbard, and Greenland. He participated in the New Zealand Antarctic Expedition (1960–2), and commemorated the 50th anniversary of Amundsen's attainment of the Pole by following his return journey. He led the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean (1968–9), lived in the Arctic with his wife and daughter, and made several attempts to circumnavigate Greenland (1978–82). He was knighted in 1999. |
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