From 1929 he was married to painter Irmelin Nansen, the daughter of Fridtjof Nansen and Eva Nansen.
Born in Christiania, she was a daughter of priest and professor of zoology Michael Sars (1805–1869) and his wife Maren Sars (1811–1898), and sister to biologist Georg Ossian Sars and historian Ernst Sars.
In his map he drew two islands and he named the largest one to the east Eva Island after his wife Eva Nansen (died in 1907).
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