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unusual facts about Otto Nordenskiöld



Rankin Inlet

Under the alternate formula for determining the boundary between arctic and subarctic climates posited by Otto Nordenskiöld, however, Rankin Inlet, along with Arviat and Baker Lake, qualify as arctic based on the relationship between the temperatures of the coldest and warmest months; in the case of Rankin Inlet, with a coldest-month (January) mean of -30.8° C, said boundary for the warmest month would be 12.1° C, and Rankin Inlet's warmest month (July) averages only 10.5° C.

Seymour Island

The plaque was placed on 10 November 1903 by the crew of the Argentinian Corvette Uruguay on a mission to rescue the members of the Swedish expedition led by Otto Nordenskiöld.

Weddell Sea

Otto Nordenskiöld, leader of the 1901-1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition, spent a winter at Snow Hill with a team of four men when the relieve ship became beset in ice and was finally crushed.


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