Swedish Antarctic Expedition

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The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was an early 20th-century scientific and exploratory mission led by Otto Nordenskjöld that conducted pioneering research and mapping in the Antarctic region.

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instanceOf Antarctic expedition
polar exploration mission
scientific expedition
associatedWith Otto Nordenskjöld
baseOfOperations Snow Hill Island NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Sweden
endDate 1904
era early 20th century
fieldOfWork cartography
geography
geology
glaciology
meteorology
oceanography
hasLanguage English
German
Swedish
hasPublication scientific reports edited by Otto Nordenskjöld
influenced later Swedish polar research
leader Otto Nordenskjöld
location Antarctica
notableEvent overwintering on Snow Hill Island
rescue by Argentine ship Uruguay
ship Antarctic was crushed by pack ice
notableMember Carl Anton Larsen
Carl Skottsberg
Erik Ekelöf
Johan Gunnar Andersson
operatedInClimate polar climate
organizedBy Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
University of Gothenburg
partOf Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration
surface form: Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
purpose exploration
mapping of Antarctic regions
scientific research
regionExplored Graham Land
Weddell Sea
surface form: Weddell Sea area
result biological collections from Antarctica
geological collections from Antarctica
meteorological observations from Antarctica
oceanographic data from the Southern Ocean
pioneering mapping of parts of the Antarctic Peninsula
sponsor Swedish government
private donors in Sweden
startDate 1901
usedTransportation sailing ship
sledges
vesselUsed Antarctica
surface form: Antarctic
yearOfShipLoss 1903

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Trinity Peninsula chartedBy Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Buque Museo Corbeta Uruguay associatedWith Swedish Antarctic Expedition
King Edward Cove discoveredBy Swedish Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904)
Otto Nordenskjöld knownFor Swedish Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903)
Otto Nordenskjöld ledExpedition Swedish Antarctic Expedition
this entity surface form: Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903)