Johan Andersson collection 1902-1904

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Johan Andersson collection 1902-1904

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb15-johanandersson

Correspondence (3 leaves)

eng,

Scott Polar Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285532

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Antarctic (Ship)

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Swedish South Polar Expedition 1901-1904

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Nordenskjöld, Otto, 1869-1928

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Andersson, Johan Gunnar, 1874-1960

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Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921

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William Speirs Bruce was born in London of Scottish parents in 1867. He was educated at Norfolk County School, England and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, where renowned Scottish physicists, chemists and oceanographers supervised him. In 1892, he was recommended for the post of surgeon and naturalist on board Balaena during the British Whaling Exploration (Dundee), 1892-1893. The expedition was organized to investigate the commercial possibilities of wh...

Johan Gunnar Anderson

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Johan Gunnar Andersson was born on 3 July 1874. After training as a geologist he participated in two expeditions to the Arctic. Appointed second in command of the Swedish South Polar Expedition, 1901-1903 (leader Nils Otto Nordenskjld) during its second year, Andersson was picked up by Antarctic in South Georgia and landed with two companions at Hope Bay in 1902, hoping to sledge to the expedition base on Snow Hill Island. They failed to reach the island so were forced to winter at ...