VII. Further particulars of the Swedish arctic expedition, in a letter addressed to the President, by Prof. Nordenskiöld. Communicated by the President

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1869
• Subjects: Arctic; Tromso; Parry; Malmgren; Walden; Parry Island; Table Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1868.0010; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1868.0010

Sir,—In my last letter from Stockholm I promised to send you, with the returning naturalists, a detailed relation of the first scientific part of the Swedish Arctic Expedition of 1868; but unfortunately our last coalship, with which five of our fellow travellers, with the rich geological, zoological, and botanical collections, made during this season in the arctic regions, return to Tromso, and which gives us the last occasion of communicating with Europe, leaves this harbour some, and that makes it impossible for me to keep my promise. However, a detailed report will immediately be sent to you by one of the returning naturalists, Dr. Malmgren, a member also of the expeditions of 1861 and 1864. The remaining part of our expedition will from here go, first, to Seven Island, and then (perhaps one of the first days of October), after having deposited a boat and a depot of provisions on Ross Islet , further northward. The polar sea was in the end of August quite covered with ice north of 81° 9', the highest latitude hitherto reached by our steamer. But a week later the sea was open to Walden and Table Island, and the 8th of September I could, from one of the highest peaks of Parry Island, discern only traces of ice further northward .