In 1894 he joined a sealing and whaling expedition to the Antarctic , led by Henryk Bull .
The Norwegian - born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink had emigrated to Australia in 1888 , where he worked on survey teams in Queensland and New South Wales before accepting a schoolteaching post .
In 1894 Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink joined a sealing and whaling expedition to the Antarctic , led by Henryk Bull .
The Norwegian - born Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink had emigrated to Australia in 1888 , where he worked on survey teams in Queensland and New South Wales before accepting a schoolteaching post .