Oscar Wisting

Oscar Adolf Wisting (June 6 1871 - December 5 1936) was a Norwegian polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both to the North and South Poles.Wisting was born in Larvik, and he was working as a naval gunner in 1909  when Roald Amundsen asked him to go north with him on his forthcoming North Pole expedition. Amundsen later secretly changed his plans. Wisting went to sea believing they were heading for the North Pole. Instead he learned that they were going south to pick up the race with Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole.
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