Henryk Bull

Henryk Bull was a businessman who had immigrated to Australia from Norway. Svend Foyn agreed to financially support an Antarctica expedition led by Henryk Bull in search of Right Whales. Svend Foyn was a businessman who patented the grenade-harpoon gun which was to be used for whaling. The ship called the Antarctic was used for the expedition and was equipped with eleven harpoon guns, an arsenal of explosives, eight whaleboats and thirty-one men.
On January 19, 1895, while in search of the elusive Right Whale, a small party landed on Possession Island, a rocky island about 2 miles long. On January 24, 1895 a boat was put ashore with six men including Bull, Leonard Kristensen, Carsten Borchgrevink and seaman Tunzelmann at Cape Adare, Antarctica.
At the time they believed they were the first men to set foot on Antarctica - and they are certainly the best confirmed - but unknown to them sealer John Davis, had made a disputed claim that he stepped onto the Antarctic Peninsula much earlier in 1821.

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