Gunnar Horn
Gunnar Horn | |
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Picture by Gunnar Horn of the Victoria Island landing team on 8 August 1930. | |
| Born | 25 June 1894 Christiania, Norway |
| Died | 15 July 1946 (aged 52) Kapp Linné, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Polar explorer, geologist |
| Known for | Leader of the Bratvaag Expedition |
Gunnar Hansen Horn (25 June 1894 – 15 July 1946) was a Norwegian petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer. He is most renowned as the leader of the Bratvaag Expedition that found the long-lost remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 at Kvitøya in 1930. The headland Hornodden of Kvitøya is named after him.