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Sigitrd Scott-Hansen, first lieutenant in the navy, un- 

 dertook the management of the meteorological, astro- 

 nomical, and magnetic observations. He was born in 

 Christiania in 1868. After passing through the naval 

 school at Horten, he became an oiificer in 1889, and 

 first lieutenant in 1892. He is a son of Andreas Han- 

 sen, parish priest in Christiania. 



Hciirik Greve Blessing, doctor and botanist to the 

 expedition, was born in Drammen in 1866, where his 

 father was at that time a clergyman. He became a 

 student in 1S85, and graduated in medicine in the spring 

 of 1893. 



Theodore ClaiidiiLs Jacobsen, mate of the Frain, was 

 born at Tromso in 1855, where his father was a ship's 

 captain, afterwards harbor-master and head pilot. At 

 the age of fifteen he went to sea, and passed his mates 

 examination four years later. He spent two years in 

 New Zealand, and from 1886-90 he went on voyages to 

 the Arctic Sea as skipper of a Tromso sloop. He is 

 married, and has one child. 



Anton Aninndsen, chief engineer of the Frani, was 

 born at Horten in 1853. In 18S4 he passed his tech- 

 nical examination, and soon afterwards his engineer's 

 examination. For twenty-five years he has been in the 

 navy, where he attained the rank of chief engineer. He 

 is married, and has six children. 



Adolf Jiiell, steward and cook of the Fram, was born 

 in the parish of Skato, near Kragero, in i860. His 



