From 1869 to 1870 Karl Koldewey was captain of the Germania and the leader of the second German
Arctic expedition to Greenland and to the Arctic Sea which intended to penetrate into the
Arctic central region. The actual highlight and most considerable geographical achievement of
the expedition was the discovery and investigation of the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Fjord. This book
is a reprint of the famous original which was first published in 1874.
