An international scientific symposium on the expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld to Antarctica in 1901 and the celebration of its centennial was held at the University of Göteborg, Sweden, on May 10th to 13th, 2001. This meeting was sponsored jointly by the University of Göteborg and the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Göteborg. All papers and contributions presented in this symposium were published in the book titled “Antarctic Challenges. Historical and current perspectives on Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic Expedition, 1901–1903”. 2.
