KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 39. N:0 |. 37 
Commanders on the Vega: Lieutenant A. A. L. PALANDER, Lieutenant E. C. 
BrRUSEWITZ and Lieutenant A. HOVGAARD, of the Danish Navy. 
i Object: to attempt the enterprise of achieving the so-called North-East Passage, 
and to explore the sea off the northern coast of Asia. 
Extent: Jugor Strait, Kara Sea, Dickson Harbour, Actinia Haven, Cape Chely- 
uskin, Chatanga, Lena, New Siberian Islands, Cape Schelagskoj, Koljutschin Bay, 
Vegas winter harbour, Behring's Straits etc. 
Duration: The Vega sailed from Gothenburg on the 4th of July 1878, anchored 
in the harbour of Yokohama on the 2nd of September 1879, and arrived at Stock- 
holm on the 24th of April 1880. 
Ways and Means: Donations from the King of Sweden, Oscar Dickson and 
Alexander Sibiriakoff. i 
1878. 
(Under the Direction of S. LovÉN). 
Seientifie staff: HI. THErL, Ph. D. (Zoologist, Gephyrea, Annelida and Holo- 
thurioidea), leader of the investigations carried out on board, and F. TRYBOM, Phil. Lie. 
(Zoologist). 
Vesset: H. M. Gunboat "Gunhild". 
Commander: Captain CARLHEIM-GYLLENSKIÖLD. 
Object: To eruise in the Kattegat, the Sound and the southern part of the 
Baltic Sea, in order to explore the fauna and to take samples of the water. 
Fxtent: Torrboskär-Skagen, Skagen-Nidingarne, the small Middelgrund, Morups 
Bank, Laholm Bay, Kullen, Skelder Bay, Helsingborg, Hven, Malmö— Landskrona, 
Falsterbo, Möen—Arkona, Arkona—Trelleborg, W. of Bornholm, S. of Ystad, E. of 
Simrishamn, S. of Utklippan, Utklippan— Rixhöft, Rixhöft — the southern point of 
Öland, Kalmar Strait. 
Duration: The first dredging is dated the 8th of July, the last the 10Oth of August. 
Ways and Means: A subvention from the Swedish Government. 
1879. 
(Under the Direction of S. LOVÉN). 
Scientific staff: HI. THEÉErL, leader of the investigations carried out on board, 
and C. FORSSTRAND, Phil. Lic. (Zoologist, Zoo-geographer). 
Vessel: H. M. Gunboat "Gunhild". 
Commander: Captain C. LUNDGREN. 
Object: To explore the deepest part of Skagerrack and the areas of the Baltic 
Sea, where the water is of considerable depth. 
Extent: The region of deep water between Arendal and Skagen in Skagerrack, 
and the deep water North of Öland and West of Gotland. 
K. Sv. Vet, Akad. Handl. Band 39. N:o 1. 3 
