Medical aspects of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, October 1901—January 1904

The object of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition was to conduct researches relating to the geography and natural history of the Antarctic regions south of Cape Horn. The expedition was to start from Sweden during the autumn of 1901. On the approach of the Antarctic winter, in February or March 1902, s...

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Published in:Epidemiology and Infection
Main Author: Ekelof, Erik
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1904
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400002266
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022172400002266
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Summary:The object of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition was to conduct researches relating to the geography and natural history of the Antarctic regions south of Cape Horn. The expedition was to start from Sweden during the autumn of 1901. On the approach of the Antarctic winter, in February or March 1902, some of the party were to be landed in a suitable place in the Antarctic regions, with the object of wintering there. The members remaining on board the ship “Antarctic,” were to carry on investigations in the regions around Cape Horn, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The next summer, i.e . in December 1902 or January 1903, the ship was to return in order to pick up the wintering party at their station; and, thus reunited, the whole expedition was to go back to Sweden, where, as we had calculated, we should arrive in the spring of 1903.