User:Andrei Strokov/sandbox

Ole Nilsen Ravna (31 October 1841 - 11 August 1906) — was a Northern Saami adventurer, explorer and reindeer herder. He skied with Fridtjof Nansen across Greenland in 1888–89.

Biography
Ole Nilsen Ravna was born 31 October, 1841 in Karasjok, Norway. The reindeer herding was an usual work for Saami. In this way Ole Ravna had own herd of reindeers.

Once Ole's life changed. When Ravna was a forty-six years old man, he became a member of the Greenland expedition (1888-1889). The head of expedition Fridtjof Nansen was displeased with him, because Ravna had a family and motion sickness. For the last reason, Ole and his compatriot Samuel Balto had been reading New Testament during storms.

The members of the expedition had a long way. They faced with harsh climate but, Ravna and his Balto felt good. Finally, six members of the expedition passed through Greenland ice sheet and came to the Godthåb. But when they arrived, all ships had sailed away. For this reason expedition stayed there for the winter. They have sailed away on 15 April, 1889. The expedition have arrived to the Copenhagen on 21 May. Finally, the expedition came back to the Oslo nine days later.

Ole Ravna got a silver medal for his membership in this expedition.

In 1905 sixty-four-year-old Ole Ravna went with his compatriot Isak Klemetsen and Knud Rasmussen to the Greenland. They wanted to develop reindeer herding.

Ole Ravna was died on 11 August, 1906 in Porsanger, Norway. He was buried in the Lakselv cemetery.

The monument in memory of Ravna and Balto was put in Karasjok, in 2011.

Sources referenced

 * Kublitskij Georgij (1967). |Fridtjof Nansen. His life and adventures. Moscow: Detskaya literatura.