Larsenbrekka (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Larsenbrekka (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Norway. It is part of the Norway Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Ice slope, about 12 km long, NW of Lingetoppane in Fimbulheimen. After Leif Larsen, b. 1906, lieutenant. Leader of a special unit of the Norwegian Navy, who shipped agents, wireless operators, arms and supplies to occupied Norway. During the early war years, fishing vessels were used, later to be replaced by small naval vessels. Larsen made a great number of crossings, playing hide-and-seek with the German coastguard and always winning.
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