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MR. OSCAR DICKSON'S Greenland Expedition, under the command of Baron Nordenskjöld, sailed from Gothenburg in the Sofia 180 tons, 65 horse-power, drawing 10 feet, and of 11 knots speed, navigated by Capt. Nilsson and a crew of 13 men. With Baron Nordenskjöld are Dr. Nathorst, geologist; Dr. Berlin, doctor and botanist; Dr. Forsstrand, zoologist; Dr. Hamberg, hydrographer; Herr Kolthoff, zoologist; Herr Kjellström, typographer and photographer; two Laplanders, two Norwegian icemasters, and one harpooner. There is on board a complete scientific equipment and 14 months' provisions for subsistence on the inland ice. Eight or nine picked men accompany Baron Nordenskjöld. Count Stromfeldt, botanist; Dr. Arpi, archæologist and philologist; and Herr Flink, mineralogist, will disembark on the coast of Iceland for the purposes of study and collection. The Sofia called at Thurso for coal on Sunday and left on Tuesday.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 28, 116–117 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028116b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/028116b0