Abstract
THE gold medals of the Royal Geographical Society have just been awarded as follows:—I. To Lieut. A. Louis Palander, of the Swedish Royal Navy, in recognition of the services he has rendered to geographical science as commander of the Vega in the Swedish Arctic expedition under Prof. Nordenskjöld, during which he safely navigated the ship along the unsurveyed shores of the Asiatic continent for nearly 3,000 miles, and took the leading part in charting the coasts of Northern Asia. 2. To Mr. Ernest Giles for leading four great expeditions and several minor ones in Australia, and for his route-surveys, geological and botanical collections, and published descriptions of his various journeys. A gold testimonial watch was voted to Bishop Samuel Crowther for his services to geography in the Niger region during the past forty years, and for having aided various expeditions on that river between 1841 and 1857. Prof. Nordenskjöld, having received a gold medal in 1869, was, we believe, in accordance with all precedents, ineligible for another, but, as we have already recorded, he has been elected an honorary corresponding member—an honour accorded to Mr. H. M. Stanley under analogous circumstances. The Council of the Society of Arts at their last meeting elected Prof. Nordenskjöld an honorary life member of the Society in consideration of the services rendered to science by his recent explorations.
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