Swedish Magellanic Expedition
The Swedish Magellanic expedition, 1907-09 was a scientific expedition undertaken by Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg, Percy Dudgeon Quensel and Thore Gustaf Halle to study the geography, geology and flora of Patagonia. Other areas studied include Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands, Juan Fernández Islands, Chiloé Archipelago and Central Chile. Another of the expeditions goals were to study the Alakaluf Indians that lived in the channels of western Patagonia.
Carl Skottsberg was a botanist who was appointed professor and director of the Göteborg Botanical Garden in 1919.
Percy Quensel was a geologist who was appointed professor of mineralogy and petrography at Stockholm University in 1914.
Thore Gustaf Halle was a botanist and geologist who became professor and curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in 1915.Related reading
