6 INTRODUOTION. 



Board H. A. Schuraaclier, Captain Gutkese from Bremer- 

 haven, and M. Lindeman, reporter. Captain Karl Kolde- 

 wey laid the plan of the undertaking before tliem, and tlie 

 choice of the steamer as expedition-ship and the "Green- 

 land " as transport-ship. Director Breusing declared 

 that to enable them to accomplish any great result, two 

 steamers with outfits for three or four years would be 

 necessary. Some gentlemen were of opinion that, if 

 possible, a larger ship should be chosen in the place 

 of the small confined sailing-yacht " Greenland," which 

 might be richly stored with coals and provisions, so as 

 to put them in a position to pass more than one winter, 

 if necessary, and thus, if possible, carry their investiga- 

 tion further northward. In the next sitting they agreed 

 that Dr. Petermann and Captain Koldewey being really 

 the originators of the undertaking, it devolved upon the 

 committee to support the efforts of these gentlemen to 

 the utmost of their power. The meeting styled them- 

 selves " The Bremen Committee for the Second North 

 Arctic Expedition," and chose A. G. Mosle as president, 

 G. Albrecht as treasurer, and M. Lindeman as secretary. 

 The committee, to which Messrs. R. Fritze, W. Nielsen, 

 and Captain Ludwig Geerken were added, published on 

 the 1 7th of April an appeal to their fellow-townsmen for 

 subscriptions, which, among other things, contained the 

 following: — " The scientific and maritime importance of 

 the undertaking is everywhere admitted, and everywhere 

 the highest interest evinced in it. Bremen will not be 

 behind in promoting this national work. It rests for 

 German inquiry to open up new domains, in order to 

 show that German sailors are as qualified, as bold, and 

 as persevering as those of other nations." 



