SWEDEN.

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 September 1901, Page 971

SWEDEN.

By th 6 death of Adolf Erik- Nordeuskiod, the Arctic Explorer, the world of science has lost oue who, some yeai's since, contributed much good work to the branch he had at heart. Born at Helsingfors, in Finland, in 1832, young Nordeuskoid at an early age made the best use of the fact that his father was chief of the mining department there by gaining a thorough knowledge of mineralogy, which stood him in good stead during the explorations of after years. It was while in the employment of the Government of Sweden that he undertook his world-famed exploring expeditions in the ice-blocked storm-tossed waters of the Arctic Ocean. The most successful of these was in 1878-79 when he first discovei'ed the north-east passage while skirting the rugged, inhospitable northernmost shores of Europe and Asia. For this he received, the rewards due to his intrepid courage and daring and wonderful powers of organization and ■endurance. He was not the man to remain long inactive, and a few years later he ngiiin

plunged into the unknown ice wildernesses of the North, and with almost incredible ■exertions and the indomitable determination of the Northern sailor, he forctnl his ship through the terrible ice barriers on the east ooast of Greenland, thus accomplishing a

task whioh .the bravest [explorers had previously failed utterly to perform. His experiences and discoveries are duly recorded in the many valuable works he has published on the subject from time to time.