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Art. XXIV.—Account of the Swedish North-Polar Expedi- 
tion of 1868, under the command of A. E. NorpENSKIGLD 
and FR, W. von OrrrEr.* 
coast of Spitzbergen and penetrate farther northward, the means 
requisite to defray the expenses of the expedition were in a few 
days raised in the second city of Sweden, Géteborg [Gottenburg], 
at the instance of the resident governor, Count Ehrensvard. 
taking, fitted out and manned the steamship Sofia, well adapted 
tor the purpose, strongly built of Swedish iron, and originally 
intended to carry the mails over the Baltic in winter, the new 
expedition was enabled to assume a more extensive character 
and embrace a wider compass than had originally been intended. 
Most expeditions of this kind have had for their object to at- 
tain as high a degree of north latitude as possible ; but a glance 
* Extracts from the full report, here reprinted from the Minutes of the Royal 
Geographical Society of the meeting March 22, 1869. 
t+ These were the following :— ; 
The Expedition of 1858, fitted out at the expense of Otto Torell. The following 
gentlemen took part in the undertaking: O. Torell, A. E. Nordenskidld, A. Qve- 
nhuerstedt. The Expedition visited the western coast of Spitzbergen, and brought 
home considerable zoological and geological collections. 
Expedition of 1861, fitted out at the public expense. The gentlemen who 
in i j ‘ 
Goés, A. T. M . A. Smitt, G. Von Yhlen, zoologists and botanists; B. 
Lillichdsk and W. Kuglenstjerna, commanders of the vessels; C. W. Blomstrand, 
; nius 
tigations. ee i ‘ 
of Spitzbergen, made extensive journeys in boats fo urpose of constructing 
& topographical and geological map of the group of islands, and of examining the 
northern part of the triangulation for d asuring, which the present Presi- 
dent of the Royal Society, General E. Sabine, as early as 1826, proposed to get ex- 
€cuted, in these high nort 
uated at so great a distance from the centers of civilization. 
dition of 1864, fitted out at the public expense, chiefly for the purpose 
e degree. The gentlemen who 
in the undertaking were A. E. Nordenskiéld, chief, N. Dunér and A. J. 
Malmgren. ‘The expedition visited the southern part of Spi and Storfjord, 
Completed the survey for the degree-measuriug, and brought home rich geological, 
200logical and botanical collections. 
