Axel Ohlin

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Explorer

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Axel Gabriel Ohlin (31 July 1867 – 12 July 1903) was a Swedish zoologist and Arctic and Antarctic explorer.

Biography

He was born in Visingsö to Per Ohlin and Hedda Hjertstedt. He was a student at Lund University earning a philosophy degree in 1890 and a doctorate in 1896. In 1894, Ohlin participated in a search operation after the missing Björling–Kallstenius Expedition. In 1895–1896, he participated in Otto Nordenskjöld's mineralogical expeditions to Patagonia. In 1898, he joined with Alfred Nathorst's expedition on the ship Antarctic to Bear Island, Svalbard and Kong Karls Land. He participated in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. Ohlin Island, discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, is named after him.{{cite web|url= http://www.ub.gu.se/portaler/polarportalen/historik/exp6/|title= Björling-Kallsteniusexpeditionen till nordvästra Grönland 1892|publisher= Göteborgs Universitet Bibliotek|access-date=1 April 2019}}

Among his works are På forskningsfärd efter Björling och Kallstenius (1895), and Arctic Crustacea collected during the swedish arctic expeditions 1898, 1899 and 1900 (1901).{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/nfbt/0302.html |title=Ohlin, Axel Gabriel| encyclopedia=Nordisk familjebok |year=1914 |access-date=2 February 2016 }}{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/sbh/b0233.html |title= Ohlin, Axel |encyclopedia=Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon |year=1906 |access-date=2 February 2016}}

References

Category:1867 births

Category:1903 deaths

Category:People from Jönköping Municipality

Category:19th-century Swedish zoologists

Category:Explorers of the Arctic

Category:Swedish explorers of Antarctica

Category:19th-century explorers

Category:20th-century explorers