AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 

 ERICH von DRYGALSKI. 1902-1903 



Gauss 



[The course is indicated by transverse red, white and 

 black bands.] 



Professor Drygalski's expedition was made in the 

 German barkentine, Gauss, which was designed for strictly 

 scientific work. She was modeled on the lines of the Fram 

 and manned by men who had had polar experience. The 

 Gauss sailed from Kerguelen Island and in February, 1902, 

 entered the pack near Wilkes Termination Land. Land 

 was soon sighted, but the vessel was caught in the ice and 

 Drygalski was compelled to enter winter quarters. Sledge 

 parties and views from a balloon located Kaiser Wilhelm II 

 Land. The party was liberated the following February 

 and returned to Germany. The collections of the Gauss 

 are now being worked up. 



OTTO NORDENSKJOLD, 1902-1903 



Antarctic 



"The course is indicated by red and blue bands with 



yellow dots.] 



The geologist. Otto Xordenskjold. nephew of the 

 Swedish Arctic explorer, Baron A. E. von Xordenskjold, 

 obtaining funds from his countrymen, secured Kristensen's 

 vessel, the Antarctic, engag-ed C. A. Larsen (earlier at- 

 tached to the Jason), and leaving the South Shetlands in 

 January, 1902, explored in the neighborhood of King 

 Oscar II Land. Landing with three companions to spend 

 the winter on Snow Hill Island, he directed the Antarctic 

 to explore in lower latitudes and to return the follow- 

 ing spring. The season was very severe. The following 

 spring the Antarctic, unable to reach Snow Hill Island, 

 was crushed in the ice and lost. In the meantime, the 

 Uruguay, a relief vessel which had been sent out by the 



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