*Prior to their expedition to the North Pole, Raaby and the other expedition team members had arrived at the American Base in East Greenland. Unexpectedly, security clearance was required for them to stay on the base, but Raaby was the only one who had this clearance. He however opted to stay with the team in a camp on the outside of the base and died while trying to restart a generator. The time of year when Raaby died, the temperatures were commonly down to -50 deg Celcius.
His close friend flew to Greenland to pick up Raaby's body and transported him back to Norway. Torstein Raaby is buried at Dveberg Church, Andøya on the west coast. There is plenty of Norwegian documentation that will substantiate this. http://www.vesteraalen.info/torstein_raaby.htm .
bio partially contributed by contributor 46537737
*Prior to their expedition to the North Pole, Raaby and the other expedition team members had arrived at the American Base in East Greenland. Unexpectedly, security clearance was required for them to stay on the base, but Raaby was the only one who had this clearance. He however opted to stay with the team in a camp on the outside of the base and died while trying to restart a generator. The time of year when Raaby died, the temperatures were commonly down to -50 deg Celcius.
His close friend flew to Greenland to pick up Raaby's body and transported him back to Norway. Torstein Raaby is buried at Dveberg Church, Andøya on the west coast. There is plenty of Norwegian documentation that will substantiate this. http://www.vesteraalen.info/torstein_raaby.htm .
bio partially contributed by contributor 46537737
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