LC control no. | no2008092954 |
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Personal name heading | Björling, Johan Alfred, 1871-1892? |
Variant(s) | Björling, Alfred, 1871-1892? |
Found in | Proposed expedition to explore Ellesmere land, northwest of Baffin Bay and to rescue Björling and Kallstenius, Swedish naturalists lost in the Arctic, 1894 Nunatsiaq news WWW site, viewed June 24, 2008: Oct. 7, 2005 article entitled "Taissumani, a day in Arctic history, Oct. 12, 1892, the disappearance of Bjorling and Kallstenius" (Alfred Bjorling was a Swedish botanist, only 21 years of age. Last written message was dated Oct. 12, 1892.) <http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/51028/opinionEditorial/columns.html> Muskox Land, 2001: p. 215 (In late Oct. 1892, Björling and his remaining colleagues departed the Carey Islands in the small boat, apparently bound for Ellesmere Island's eastern coast. They probably never reached their destination as they disappeared without a trace and were never heard from again.) Projekt Runeberg web site, viewed June 24, 2008 (Johan Alfred Björling, b. 1871, d. 1892, polar explorer, Sweden) <http://runeberg.org/authors/bjorlija.html> OCLC, June 24, 2008 (hdgs.: Björling, Johan Alfred, 1871-1893?; Björling, Johan Alfred, 1871-1892?) |