', JOHAN KI.KR. [SEC. ARCT. EXP. FRAM 



\\e know now tliat Ihe-e hopes were not to he realised. Even a- 

 earlv a- the winter of 1904 ()"> lie was attacked hv the maladv. which 



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alter a long illne--. at length on the first of November. 1005, caused 

 hi- death. SCMKI was then only 3 1 years of age. The utmost that he 

 had heen ahle to publish of his geological investigations during the 

 .\|iediliui wa- a preliminary account ' giving the main features of the 

 -.olugv nf the region explored. This has heen of incalculable value in 

 the -iih-enjueiit preparation of special works dealing with the material. 

 The death of SCHEI so soon alter the return of the expedition wa- 

 natnrally a great misfortune to the scientific work connected with the 

 lame geological collections which were brought home. He was not 

 only the editor of the scientific publications of the expedition, but with 

 In- splendid memory he possessed a store of observations which were 

 naturally of the utmost importance to those connected with the work. 

 Only a small amount of this material can be gleaned from his diaries, 

 and very much is therefore lost for ever. As will be understood, his 

 death resulted in many difficulties and delays, and it is not until to-day, 

 i. e. \~2 years after the return of the expedition, that nearly the whole 

 of the work is completed. PER SCHEI'S preliminary account of his geo- 

 lo-jcal investigations, and the series of geological works that will appear 

 in the report of the expedition on the basis of his geological collection-. 

 will assure him a prominent position amongst geological investigators 

 "I the Arctic regions, and like his collections, will endure as a lasting 

 monument In a gifted and noble scientific investigator, whose untimely 

 wa- a great lo-- l<> .Norwegian science. 



JUKI'S large and beautiful Silurian and Devonian collections from 

 -e I' lord are the most complete and valuable that anv one expedition 

 in ihi'-e arctic region- ha- secured. SCUM was especially interested in 

 the fn.-.-d plant.- and li>he- which lie -iicceeded in discovering in the 

 -and-lmie -ern- at the extreme end of (inn.-e Fiord. The work in con- 

 nection \\ilh the lo--il plants wa- entrusted to Professor A. <i N.vruoRsT. 

 wlm-f bonk appeared a- earl\ a- P.IO'l. and was thus the first publi- 

 cation uf the -cientilic report. The fossil fishes were sent to \{. II. 

 TKAOI Am at Fdinlmrgli. but unfortunately that eminent ichthyologist, 

 mi account of ill-health during hi- later year.-, was unable to undertake 

 the \\ork, which was accordingly entrusted to the present writer. 



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