Per Schei (1875-1905)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dawes, Peter R., Christie, Robert L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Fram (Ship); Frostbite; Geological exploration; History; Mapping; Palaeontology; Schei; Per; 1875-1905; Bache Peninsula; Nunavut; Devon Island; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Greenland waters; Sverdrup Islands; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Heiberg; Holtedahl; Jones Sound; Kane; Nansen Sound; Nares; Peary; Smith Sound; Kane Basin; Nares strait; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65109

Per Schei, Norwegian geologist and explorer, died a young man. From 1898 to 1902, as a member of Captain Otto Sverdrup's second expedition in the Fram, Schei made his mark on the geological understanding of a vast region of the eastern Canadian High Arctic. Schei died before he could write a de...