Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld's Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman's contribution

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Hagström, Jonas, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Mörs, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Fossil penguins; Seymour (Marambio) Island; Antarctica; Wiman; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Suecia; Marambio; Alicia; Acosta; Nordenskjöld; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Otto Nordenskjöld; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49719

The early explorer and scientist Otto Nordenskjöld, leader of the Swedish South Polar Expedition of 1901-1903, was the first to collect Antarctic penguin fossils. The site is situated in the northeastern region of Seymour Island and constitutes one of the most important localities in the study of fo...