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| Morsetbreen (NOR) | 74° 43' 48.0" S | 11° 30' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 115628
Place ID: 9879
Glacier, about 5 km long, at the W side of Malmrusta SW in Sivorgfjella, Heimefrontfjella in Maudheimvidda. After Peder Morset, b. 1887, teacher. Morset and his seven sons were most active in the Resistance in the area around Trondheim. In 1943, the Gestapo surrounded their farm; Peder was arrested and executed, his son Oddmund, b. 1916, shot his way through but was subsequently killed. |
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