Further to the death of Sigurd B. Myhre at Camp Abruzzi, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, during the Ziegler Polar Expedition, 16 May 1904

In the spring of 1904, during the Ziegler Polar Expedition led by Anthony Fiala, Sigurd B. Myhre, a Norwegian from Trondheim who served on-board the expedition ship America as a fireman, fell ill and died. The papers of Dr George Shorkley, surgeon to the Ziegler Polar Expedition, contain hints that...

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Published inPolar research Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 463 - 467
Main Author Capelotti, P.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Routledge 2009
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Anthony Fiala
Applied psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Franz Josef Land
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
George Shorkley
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sigurd Myhre
Teplitz Bay
Ziegler Polar Expedition
Arctic Region
Human
Ziegler Polar Expedition
Medical error
Teplitz Bay
Manuscript document
History
George Shorkley
Scientific expedition
Death
Polar region
Anthony Fiala
Sigurd Myhre
Somatic disease
Franz Josef Land
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Summary:In the spring of 1904, during the Ziegler Polar Expedition led by Anthony Fiala, Sigurd B. Myhre, a Norwegian from Trondheim who served on-board the expedition ship America as a fireman, fell ill and died. The papers of Dr George Shorkley, surgeon to the Ziegler Polar Expedition, contain hints that Myhre may have died from causes other than natural causes.
ISSN:0800-0395
1751-8369
1751-8369
DOI:10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00089.x