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considered that it would be better with a younger man than
myself as leader. However, as it proved impossible to
find some more suitable person acquainted with the Russian
language, and as I was not unwilling to accept such a
mission, I finally gave in to my friends’ suggestion and
consented to undertake the expedition, and for this purpose
the “Vega-stipendium” of our Geographical Society was
granted to me. I felt it to be a national duty to do all
in my power to search for my friends, Andrée and his
companions, whose never-to-be-forgotten departure from
Spitsbergen I had witnessed.
For the purpose of making botanical researches on the
lower Lena, Mr. N. H. Nilson, M.A., of Lund was selected
to accompany me, and at the last moment Mr. H. Frænkel,
a younger brother of Knut Frænkel who went with Andrée,
joined my little expedition. Necessary funds for making
collections having been provided by private persons and
the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, we left the
Swedish capital on the 20th of April, 1898, for St.
Petersburg, where we had to stop a week in order to procure
the necessary passports and introductions and complete
our equipment. The authorities showed us much kindness,
and granted us free passes on the Russian railroads.
On the 1st of May we left St. Petersburg. Arriving too
late at Moscow for the express-train for Siberia, we had
to take an ordinary train, which was very crowded. After
a tedious journey of four days and nights, during which
we had carefully to guard our baggage against thieves,
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