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A NUMBER of Petermann's “Mittheilungen” published in January 1871, consists of an account of the first German North Pole Expedition by Captain Koldewy and Dr. A. Petermann. The vessel in which this expedition was undertaken was the Germania, a cutter of only eighty tons burden. Twelve persons sailed in her, Captain Koldewey, the commander of the party and joint author of the present memoir, R. Hildebrant, chief mate, and ten sailors. They started from Bergen May 24, 1868, the Swedish expedition sailing about the same time in a steamer. The voyage extended over four months. Dr. Petermann considers that the only practicable routes to the North Pole are either through Behring's Straits or the sea between Greenland and Spitzbergen. The latter was attempted by the Expedition.
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The First German North Pole Expedition . Nature 3, 454 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003454a0
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