Otto Nordenskjold - Time Line
Swedish Antarctic Expedition,
1901-1904
the expedition in more detail
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A Swedish organized expedition with Swedish scientists, and a largely Norwegian crew
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Set a high standard early on for scientific investigations
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The expedition ship was crushed in the ice in the second season, 3 separate groups were forced to winter in different locations
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Only one man died, the rest were rescued.
The ship "Antarctic"
The ship Antarctic sinking in the Antarctic Sound, 25 miles from the nearest land across rough broken sea ice with leads of open water
Date
Main Expedition
+ Snow Hill Winterers
+ Snow Hill Winterers
2nd Season
+ Hope Bay Winterers
+ Hope Bay Winterers
The Ship and her Crew
Depart Sweden, arrive Antarctica - 1901-1902
16th Oct 1901
Expedition leaves Goteborg, Sweden
30th Dec 1901
Expedition reaches the Falkland Islands
10th Jan 1902
Deception Island, South Shetlands, Antarctic Peninsula
12th - 21st Feb 1902
Arrival at Snow Hill, wintering hut established, ship
leaves
4th Mar 1902
Antarctic reaches Tierra del Fuego, S. America
Mar 1902
Start of planned winter
exploratory sledge journeys
exploratory sledge journeys
Date
Main Expedition
+ Snow Hill Winterers
+ Snow Hill Winterers
2nd Season
+ Hope Bay Winterers
+ Hope Bay Winterers
The Ship and her Crew
Winter 1902
5th Nov 1902
Antarctic leaves Falklands for second season
5th Dec 1902
Antarctic heads to Snow Hill to collect winterers
29th Dec 1902
Antarctic Sound closed by ice, 3 men dropped at Hope
Bay to fetch Snow Hill winterers
9th Jan 1903
Jonassen climbed hill to see, loose pack ice all round
13th Jan 1903
Open sea prevents reaching Snow Hill, 3 return to Hope
Bay, await the ship
14th Feb 1903
Antarctic is crushed by ice and sinks in Antarctic
Sound, 20 crew are alive and well but stranded, equipment
and supplies were unloaded before the ship was lost
18th Feb 1903
Loose pack ice is frozen in place
28th Feb 1903
Antarctic crew arrive at Paulet Island, begin
building a stone hut
7th Mar 1903
Start of second winter - enforced
Ship fails to return to Hope Bay, start of enforced
winter for 3 men
Stone hut complete, start of enforced winter
Date
Main Expedition
+ Snow Hill Winterers
+ Snow Hill Winterers
2nd Season
+ Hope Bay Winterers
+ Hope Bay Winterers
The Ship and her Crew
Winter 1903
In the absence of telecommunications, none of the three wintering parties were aware of the fate of the others
In the absence of telecommunications, none of the three wintering parties were aware of the fate of the others
29th Sept 1903
3 Hope Bay winterers set off for Snow Hill in spring
12th Oct 1903
Snow Hill winterers meet Hope Bay winterers at Cape
Well-Met
3 from Hope Bay arrive at Snow Hill
31st Oct 1903
Larsen + 5 leave Paulet for Hope Bay
5th Nov 1903
Larsen + 5 arrive Hope Bay
8th Nov 1903 (the day of wonders)
Uruguay arrives at Snow Hill to rescue Snow
Hill winterers
Larsen +5 arrive at Snow Hill after rowing 180km
9th Nov 1903
Uruguay leaves Snow Hill with all the men from
Snow Hill and Hope Bay on board
10th Nov 1903
Uruguay rescues remaining Antarctic
crew from Paulet Is.
2nd Dec 1903
Uruguay arrives Buenos Aires
10th Jan 1904
Crew of the Antarctic arrive home in Stockholm,
Sweden
The Uruguay arriving in Buenos Aires
Postcard of the officers and crew of the Uruguay