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carefully constructed, and after every detail had been 
duly inspected the little buildings were taken down 
with care, in order that their readjustment would 
present no insurmountable difficulty to the crews 
engaged upon their reconstruction on the selected site 
at the Seven Islands. We noticed the materials for 
three of these huts—a dwelling consisting of four 
sleeping-rooms, fourteen feet by thirteen ; a long room 
for the men, twenty-two by fourteen; a central room 
nineteen by twenty-two; and a kitchen twenty-two 
by sixteen. With Professor Nordenskiold came a 
Lieutenant Palander, of the Italian Navy, who is 
deputed by his Government to observe the necessary 
arrangements, with the ultimate object of collecting 
materials for the guidance of an Italian expedition to 
the North Pole; so that we shall have an accession to 
the number of foreign explorations if this gentle¬ 
man reports favourably of what he experiences to his 
Government. 
There are besides Lieutenant Wykander and Lieu¬ 
tenant L. Palander, the captain of the steamer, Dr. 
Euran, an experienced physician and good observer, 
one mate, two engineers, eleven seamen, and four 
Laplanders, twenty-three in all. Of these Professor 
Nordenskiold has selected Lieutenant Palander, four 
seamen, and the four Laplanders, to accompany him 
