KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 39. N:o ll. 33 
Commander: Captain A. F. LIND af HAGEBY. 
Object: "To make soundings and dredgings in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. 
Ertent: Öland—Stolpe Bank, Falsterbo—Rigen, Midsjö Bank and Hoborg Bank. 
Duration: About 6 weeks. 
Ways and Means: At his own cost, assisted by a gramt from the Swedish Royal 
Academy of Science. 
1372. 
J. LINDAHL, Ph. D. (Zoologist). 
Vessel: The Gunboat "Ingegerd". — 
Commander: Captam A. MEISTER. 
Object: To make experiments in fishing herring, etc., and to explore the ma- 
rine fauna. 
Extent: Kattegat, Skagerrack, Marstrand, Klädesholmen, Hertha's Bank, Gull- 
mar Fjord, Koster Strait, Svinesund, Idde Fjord. In Skagerrack animals were dredged 
for in depths of up to 340 fathoms. 
Duration: June and July. 
Ways and Means: A grant from the Bohuslän Royal Agricultural Society. 
1872. 
P. ÖBERG, Ph. D. undertook a voyage to Spitzbergen, in order to superintend 
the searching for Coprolites and also to make other biological observations. At the 
charges of some business men. 
1872—73. 
(Swedish Polar Expedition.) 
Leader: A. E. NORDENSKIÖLD 
Staff of Scientists on board: A. WIJKANDER, Ph. D. (Physicist), F. R. KJELL- 
MAN, Ph. D. (Botanist and Zoologist). 
Vessels: The mail-steamer Polhem, the brig Gladan and the freight steamer 
Onkel Adam. 
Commanders: Lieutenant L. PALANDER, Lieutenant G. KRUSENSTJERNA, Lieu- 
tenant Vv. HOLTEN, Dr. A. ENVALL, medical officer, Lieutenant E. PARENT (from 
Italy) and L. CLASE, sailing-master, in charge of the Onkel Adam. 
Object: To reach the highest northern latitude attainable, to investigate the 
natural history of the arctic regions and to spend the winter there. 
Extent: Spitzbergen: South Cape, Advent Bay, North Fjord, Wicksom Bay, 
Coal Bay. and Green Harbour, all in Ice Fjord; Fair Haven, Mussel Bay (Winter 
Station), Grey Hook, Seven Islands, Hinloopen Strait, Smeerenberg Bay, Kobbe Bay, 
Bell Sound, etc. 
