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Object of the Expeditions: to reach the North-pole by balloon, and to explore 
the arctic regions, both sea and land. 
Extent of the Expeditions: Spitzbergen; Horn Sound, Ice Fjord, Norwegian Islands 
(Norsköarne), Amsterdam Island and the Dane Island, where the Expedition stopped 
in order to build a balloon-house. Unfavourable winds made a balloon ascent im- 
possible in the year 1896, but in 1897 ANDRÉE started and perished with his compa- 
nions, N. STRINDBERG, Phil. Cand. and K. FRENKEL. 
Duration of the Expedition of 1896: The Virgo left Gothenburg on the 7th of 
June and returned there on the 29th of August. In 1897 no collections were made. 
Ways and Means: Donations from H. M. the King of Sweden, A. NOBEL, ÖSCAR 
DICKSON etc. 
1896-1898. 
E. LÖNNBERG, Ph. D. (Zoologist, Helminthologist, Vertebrates and Invertebrates) 
explored the Sound during several weeks of each year, in order to make himself fa- 
miliar with the marine fauna there, and to make collections of fishes and inverte- 
brates. He made the expeditions in his official capacity as a member of the Swe- 
dish Fishery Department, and consequently at the charges of that institution. 
1896, 1898, 1899 and 1902. 
HJ. ÖSTERGREN, Phil. Lic. (Zoologist, Holothurids) spent several months during 
each of the above years in studying the invertebrated animals, är the Holo- 
thurids, off the coasts of Norway. 
Extent: Dröbak, Bergen, Florö, Moldoen, Drontheim Fjord. Furthermore, in 
1896, he and Baron KLINCKOWSTRÖM, both zoologists, aceompanied the Swedish Ex- 
pedition to Vadsö (Finmarken), which had as its objeet to study the total solar 
eclipse. Vessel: The Swedish Gunboat Svensksund. Commander: Captain Count 
Hamilton. 
Ways and Means: At his own charges, assisted by grants out of the funds of 
the REGNELL and DE HAHN Trusts. 
1897, 1898 and 1901. 
I. ARWIDSSON, Phil. Cand. (Zoologist, Polychaeta), visited the Koster Fjord and 
the Väderöarne, from the lö5th to the 3lst of May 1897, and from the 8th to the 30th 
of August 1901, in order to study the Polychaeta. In 1898 he worked with dred- 
gings at Dröbak, in the fjords of Bergen and in the Drontheim Fjord. In 1901 he 
spent again some weeks in dredgings in the Drontheim Fjord. Partly at the expense 
of the Royal Academy of Science and partly at his own charges. 
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