Med 'Maud' over Polhavet (1926)
May 17, 1926Release Date
Med 'Maud' over Polhavet (1926)
May 17, 1926Release Date
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Med Maud over Polhavet is a Norwegian documentary film from 1926, directed by Odd Dahl.
The film's maker, photographer and air force officer Odd Dahl, sailed aboard the ship Maud for two years from 1922 and filmed the crew on board as they travelled through the unexplored Arctic. Odd Dahl filmed the scientific work and many critical situations the crew faced on the ice.
By this time, the Maud expedition's former leader Roald Amundsen had left, and was engaged in his aerial expeditions to the North Pole.
The crew consisted of:
Oscar Wisting, Captain
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, oceanographer
Odd Dahl, airman, photographer
Finn Malmgren, meteorologist
Gennady Olonkin, telegraphist
Søren Syvertsen, machinist (died 1923)
Karl Hansen, handyman
Kakot, handyman from SiberiaThe film had its premiere at the Victoria Teater in Oslo on 17 May 1926, but was it previewed the day before with a lecture at the University of Oslo.