Oscar Wisting [SEP] place of death
the two first persons who had been to both the North Pole and the South Pole.
In later years Oscar Wisting was an active force behind the preparations and building of the Fram Museum in Oslo, a museum built to store and display the polar ship "Fram". On 5 December 1936 Wisting was found dead from heart attack in his old bunk on board the "Fram", a few days before the 25th anniversary of the successful South Pole expedition.
For his participation in the expedition, he was awarded
Oscar Wisting
Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles.
Biography.
Oscar Wisting was born in Larvik, in Vestfold county, Norway. He was the son of Ola Martin Olsen Wisting (1843-1927) and Abigael Helene Andersen (1843-85). He became the eldest of 13 children. His father ran a trucking business. At