Thor Iversen

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Ivar Thor Carl Iversen (* 1873 in Kristiania ; † November 10, 1953 ) was a Norwegian oceanographer who worked for the Ministry of Fisheries.

He was an avid photographer and documentary filmmaker, and often used his cameras while working on the Michael Sars research vessel . In 50 years he left around 7000 photos and some documentaries about the Norwegian coast, fishing and polar exploration in the first half of the 20th century. These recordings have been kept by the Thor Iversen collection since the late 1970s. The Thor Cape and the Iversenfjellet on the island of Hopen as well as the fishing ground Iversengrunnen southeast of this island as well as the shoal Iversengrunnen south of Jan Mayen were named after him .

literature

  • Thor Iversen, A pioneer within fishery documentation. Hordamuseet, Hordnesvegen 24, N-5244 FANA (exhibition catalog from January 28, 2004)

Web links

Ivar Thor Carl Iversen . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian), accessed on May 4, 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kapp Thor . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Iversenfjellet . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Iversengrunnen . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Iversengrunnen (Jan Mayen) . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Iversen, Thor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iversen, Ivar Thor Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian oceanographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiania
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1953