Editing Antarctic (ship) (section)

==The expeditions==
[[File:Antarctic 2.png|thumb|''Antarctic'' leaving Gothenburg harbor, 1901]]
In 1893 ''Antarctic'' captained by [[Leonard Kristensen]] set off on a whaling expedition to Antarctica led by [[Henrik Johan Bull]] and financed by Foyn. The ship was equipped with 11 harpoon guns, an arsenal of explosives, 8 whaleboats and 31 men and left [[Tønsberg]] on September 20, 1893. The first summer was spent around the [[Kerguelen Islands]] with winter camp in [[Melbourne]]. On September 28, 1894, the ship went off to sea heading for the [[Ross Sea]].

On January 24, 1895, a boat was put ashore at [[Cape Adare]] at the northern extremity of [[Victoria Land]] with six men including Bull, [[Carsten Borchgrevink|Borchgrevink]], Kristensen and [[Alexander von Tunzelmann|Tunzelmann]]. The party performed the first confirmed landing on the continent of Antarctica, exactly who went ashore first was never cleared as all members claimed the honor (possibly British-American sealer [[John Davis (sealer)|John Davis]] had already made a landing on the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] on February 7, 1821, this claim can, however, not be confirmed).<ref name="XX">[https://archive.today/20130112163351/http://www.nb.no/utlevering/contentview.jsf?urn=URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008121110001%23&struct=DIV204], Norska Nasjonalbiblioteket-National Library of Norway (in Norwegian), accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="XXX">[http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Henrik_Bull/utdypning_%E2%80%93_2], Norsk biografisk leksikon-Norwegian Biografical encyclopedia (in Norwegian), accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="YY">[http://www.south-pole.com/p0000052.htm], South-Pole.com, An Antarctic Timeline, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="Y1">[http://www.antarctic-circle.org/rosove.htm], Antarctic-Circle.org, Antarctic voyages and expeditions, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="Y2">[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/first-landing-antarctica], New Zealand History online, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="Y3">[http://www.norwaysforgottenexplorer.org/english/first-landing/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727130838/http://www.norwaysforgottenexplorer.org/english/first-landing/|date=2011-07-27}}, Norway's Forgotten Explorer.org, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="Y4">[http://www.antarctica.org.nz/02-history/index.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113012639/http://antarctica.org.nz/02-history/index.html|date=2015-01-13}}, Antarctica.org, Antarctic History, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref>

In 1898 ''Antarctic'' captained by Emil Nilsson carried Nathorst's polar expedition to [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bear Island]], [[Svalbard]] and [[Kong Karls Land]].<ref name=A/> Among the participating scientists were [[Axel Hamberg]], [[Otto Kjellström]], [[Gustaf Kolthoff]] and [[Henrik Hesselman]].<ref name=B/>

In 1899 the ship left on an expedition also under the command of Nathorst to [[Avannaa|North Greenland]] with the dual purpose of searching for survivors of the 1897 [[S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897|Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition]] and geographical mapping the area.<ref name="C">[https://runeberg.org/polexp1899/0020.html], Alfred Nathorst, ”Två Somrar i Norra Ishafvet”, second part (in Swedish), 1900, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref>

Later the same year ''Antarctic'' carried Amdrup's expedition to [[Tunu|East Greenland]].<ref name=AA/>

In 1901 the ship, then on loan from Nordenskjöld, carried the second season of the [[Swedish-Russian Arc-of-Meridian Expedition]] under the command of [[Gerard De Geer]] to [[Svalbard]].<ref name=AA/><ref name="T">[http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/bitstream/2077/10635/1/gupea_2077_10635_1.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310071417/http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/bitstream/2077/10635/1/gupea_2077_10635_1.pdf |date=2012-03-10 }}, Department of Earth Sciences, Lisbeth Levander, Uppsala University (in Swedish), accessdate=2010-12-10</ref>

On October 16, 1901 ''Antarctic'' now captained by [[Carl Anton Larsen]] left [[Gothenburg]] harbor on Nordenskjold's [[Swedish Antarctic Expedition|Antarctic expedition]].<ref name="X">[http://www.south-pole.com/p0000091.htm], South-Pole.com, Nordenskjöld article, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name="Y">[https://runeberg.org/hvar8dag/3/0406.html], Hvar 8 dag, Project Runeberg, Linköping University (in Swedish), accessdate=2010-12-10</ref><ref name=V>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjerrang.no/aq/ |title=Antarctic Quest |access-date=2010-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713223627/http://www.bjerrang.no/aq/ |archive-date=2011-07-13 }}, Bjerrang, Antarctic quest, accessdate=2010-12-10</ref> This would become the ship's last voyage.