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- ↑ "Erik Eriksen 1820 – 1888". Norsk Polar Historie. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Hoel, Adolf (July 1935). "The Discovery of King Karl Land, Spitsbergen". The Geographical Review. XXV (3). New York: American Geographical Society: 476–478. doi:10.2307/209316. JSTOR 209316.
- ↑ "Erik Eriksenstretet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute . Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Jan Erik Ringstad (2014-09-29). "Erik Eriksen, Ishavsskipper". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Susan Barr (2017-02-24). "Erik Eriksen – norsk ishavsskipper". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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