Project Gutenberg 2025-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 485 Skottsberg, Carl 1880 1963 Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik 12005394 The wilds of Patagonia : $b a narrative of the Swedish expedition to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands in 1907-1909 $aLondon :$bEdward Arnold, $c1911. Alan, Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The wilds of Patagonia : a narrative of the Swedish expedition to Patagonia,…." by Carl Skottsberg is an exploration narrative and scientific travelogue written in the early 20th century. It chronicles a Swedish expedition across the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, and southern Patagonia, blending firsthand travel with studies in geology, botany, zoology, geography, and ethnography. Expect close observations of harsh landscapes and rich coastal life, the logistics and perils of fieldwork, and encounters with settlers, officials, and indigenous communities. The opening of this volume sets up the expedition’s origins and aims in a preface that introduces the small Swedish team, their disciplines, funding, and debts to Argentine, Chilean, and Falkland support. It then follows their arrival at Port Stanley: a portrait of the town’s institutions, social life, bleak treeless scenery, and the dramatic marine “forests” of giant kelps. Subsequent chapters recount coastal and island trips by schooner amid strong tides and gales, a glimpse of the last wild cattle and the extinct Falkland fox, seabird rookeries, evidence of vanished forests and “stone-runs,” and a long horseback traverse of West and East Falkland—with shepherd life, mountain ascents, and notable fossil plant finds in Lafonia. The narrative shifts to Punta Arenas, where Chilean naval help is secured, and includes a critical visit to the Salesian mission on Dawson Island before moving into Admiralty Inlet. From a camp in a sheltered cove, the party battles bogs and dense beech forest to reach Lago Fagnano, living on guanaco meat, ferrying loads by a canvas boat, and establishing “Expedition’s Cove.” It closes this opening stretch with vivid camp life and the start of a demanding push toward the Betbeder Pass over snowy ridges and through tangled forest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/ofpatagonia00skotwildsrich 20230107112828skottsberg 1911 gb Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel Falkland Islands -- Description and travel F2801 Text Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 760020 2025-07-30T07:24:57.458741 text/html 711272 2025-06-11T16:19:55 text/html 11700327 2025-07-30T07:25:10.241681 application/epub+zip 11695259 2025-07-30T07:25:00.097730 application/epub+zip 547965 2025-07-30T07:24:58.695765 application/epub+zip 12570277 2025-07-30T07:25:17.135665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 12512636 2025-07-30T07:25:08.808718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 640563 2025-07-30T07:24:55.545759 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 620572 2025-06-11T16:19:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14592 2025-07-30T07:25:17.350661 application/rdf+xml 19391 2025-07-30T07:24:58.958745 image/jpeg 3078 2025-07-30T07:24:58.827741 image/jpeg 11802883 2025-07-30T07:24:57.723752 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia