Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Nordenskjöld, Nils Otto

​NORDENSKJÖLD, NILS OTTO, Swedish explorer; born in Småland, 1869; graduated Upsala University, 1894; joined exploring party to Patagonia and another to Alaska; explored coast of Greenland with Danish party under Amdrup, in 1900; headed a party into Antarctic regions in 1901, in which expedition he was unfortunate enough to be shipwrecked, he and his party being rescued by Argentine gunboat. Explored Greenland in 1909. Is Professor of Geography at Gothenburg University and has written a number of books on his explorations.

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