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The vessel was sold at auction in 1970 to Hong Kong tycoon Tung Chao Yung and renamed Seawise University as a play on Tung's initials (C.Y.'s).
(9 January 1972)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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Polheim

the South Pole.

Related events:

Thursday 14th of December 1911 (x) — Explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South-Pole.
Amundsen arrived at Polheim (Home at the Pole) along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.
Saturday 4th of January 1958 (x) — Mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole overland.