Otto Nordenskjöld
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Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.
Otto Nordenskjöld
Lago Nordenskjöld in southern Chile.
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
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The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Antarcti
Otto Nordenskjöld
…Otto Nordenskjöld led mineralogical expeditions to Patagonia in the 1890s, and to Alaska and the Klondike area in 1898. Nordenskjöld led the 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Their ship Antarctic, commanded by the seasoned Antarctic sailor Carl Anton Larsen, visited Buenos Aires and the Falkland Islands before leaving…
The remains of the stone hut on Paulet Island
Crew aboard the Antarctic in October 1901: Carl Skottsberg, Otto Nordenskjöld, Karl Andersson, Carl Anton Larsen, Erik Ekelöf, Axel Ohlin, and Gösta Bodman