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During the next month, the ship was slowly milled by the ice and finally sank on 22 October at a position 70° 32’N, 21° W approximately 10 km from the East Greenland coast. The crew managed to survive the winter in a shelter built of coal dust briquettes, while drifting on the sea ice
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was able to raise anchor and continue north, however, only to find the way blocked by pack ice. After eight days, it was decided to head south instead, and extensive exploration of the vast fjord systems of north-east Greenland, most notably the
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until 19 July, when Hegemann misread a flag signal by Koldewey and went ahead; the ship disappeared in the fog and got separated. The agreement was to meet in such a situation at
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wrote a pamphlet strongly advocating German participation in the international quest for the North Pole, which stimulated a German expedition.
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southward along the eastern coast of Greenland. In June 1870, the crew got to the coast by boat and finally were able to land near
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made it through the pack ice thanks to its auxiliary engine and, during late summer, explored the region around
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specifically constructed for the expedition, with a crew of 15 men commanded by Carl Koldewey
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in the southeastern coast. From there they followed the shore southwards until they reached the
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Adolf Pansch made an extensive botanical collection during the second expedition. Collected
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was encountered at approximately 75.5° N. The two ships got separated by mistake.
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The crew included two medical doctors, who were also capable naturalists:
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The first expedition took place in the summer of 1868 and was led by
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were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the
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was inescapably stuck in the pack ice by mid-September 1869.
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The second expedition consisted of a two-vessel convoy:
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on 15 June 1869 and headed north. After a month, dense
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managed to get through the pack ice and returned to
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Index

Second German Polar Expedition
German Greenland Expedition

Teufelsschloss
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Arctic
North Pole
Prussian
German Empire
August Petermann
Carl Koldewey
Spitsbergen
Germania
schooner
Adolf Pansch
Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz
Ralph Copeland
Julius von Payer
Gustav Karl Laube
Bremerhaven
pack ice
Germania
Sabine
Little Pendulum
Shannon Island
Clavering Island
Tyrolerfjord
Store Koldewey
Germania Land
Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord

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