Brategg expedition

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The Brategg Expedition (officially: Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1947–1948 ) was a biological and hydrological research trip to Antarctica organized by the Association of Norwegian Whaling Companies in collaboration with the Norwegian Geographical Society .

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The expedition team on the research ship Brategg around captain Nils Larsen (1900-1976), who had previously participated in the first Antarctic voyages of the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen , comprised 17 crew members and four scientists. The latter included the zoologist and expedition leader Holger Holgersen (1914–1996), the oceanographers Johan M. Natvig and Lars Midttun from the University of Bergen and the marine biologist Frederick Beyer from the University of Oslo . The Brategg left Sandefjord on October 22, 1947, crossed the Strait of Magellan after the Atlantic passage on the way to the Pacific and then penetrated into the Antarctic pack ice . In total, hydrographic surveys were carried out at 57 measuring points in the Bellingshausen Sea and the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica . On February 10, 1948, the team visited Peter I Island . The Antarctic skua and the chinstrap penguin were identified as breeding birds on the island for the first time . The research trip ended in Oslo in April 1948 .

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literature

The scientific results have been published in the following works:

  • Scientific Results of the “Brategg” Expedition , AS John Grieg, Bergen 1951.
  • Holger Holgersen: Ornithology of the “Brategg” Expedition , AS John Grieg, Bergen 1957.
  • Johan M. Natvig and Lars Midttun: Pacific Antarctic Waters , AS John Grieg, Bergen 1957.

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