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THE Austro-Hungarian Arctic Expedition of 1872–74 was in many respects an unfortunate one. Not only was the first winter occupied with an unintermitted struggle with the ice, which from hour to hour threatened to crush the ship, and rendered it imperative that everything should be in constant readiness for her sudden abandonment, but in the second year this had actually to take place, and, on account of their bulk, valuable records of scientific observation were unavoidably left behind, and among these was the carefully-kept journal of northern-light observations.
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PROCTER, H. THE AURORA OBSERVATIONS OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1872-74, BY CARL WEYPRECHT . Nature 18, 606–608 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018606a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/018606a0
