Henry Larsen

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Henry Larsen was an explorer and officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]. Larsen was born in Norway]], like his hero Roald Amundsen]]. He spent some years at sea, and became a skilled seaman, before emigrating to Canada. He joined the RCMP not long before the RCMP acquired the St. Roch]], its first Arctic]] support vessel. He commanded the St. Roch for over a decade, including its first two traverses of the Northwest Passage]]. The first traverse, under Larsen's command, followed Amundsen's route, but from West to East, taking 28 months. The second traverse took less than three months, and pioneered a route that could be traversed by vessels that were not of shallow draft. Larsen was a Sergeant at the time of the traverses of the Northwest Passage. He was later promoted to command the RCMP's entire Arctic Division. The Canadian Coast Guard]] named a large icebreaker after Henry Larsen. (The Larsen iceshelf|Larsen iceshelves]] on the coast of Antarctica]] are named after Carl Larsen]], another polar explorer of Norwegian descent.)