Norwegian expedition 1892–1894 Between 1892 and 1894 Larsen led a Norwegian whaling reconnaissance expedition to Antarctica, in command of the
Jason. The
Jason was a ship Larsen was familiar with as he had been aboard it during the voyage that carried
Fridtjof Nansen to
Greenland during his east–west crossing in 1888. They spent the 1892–93 summer exploring the waters and shores of
Graham Land, returning the following summer to investigate the
Weddell and
Bellingshausen Seas. The sea ice was particularly light in 1893, allowing the
Jason to sail to 68° 10' south, further south than had previously been achieved, and indeed no other traveller would penetrate so far south along the
Larsen ice shelf for nearly a century. Larsen added significantly to understanding of the geography of the area, discovering the
Larsen Ice Shelf and the
Jason Peninsula, two of 12 features named in Larsen's honour, as well as the
Foyn Coast in
Graham Land,
King Oscar Land, and
Robertson Island. He also identified two active volcanoes and many groups of islands, and was first to record a colony of
emperor penguins although, as the species was unknown to him, he mis-identified them as
king penguins. The colony was not rediscovered until 2014. His expedition also discovered fossilised plant remains on
Seymour Island, The sea ice was heavier than in 1893, and – although the ship passed through the iceberg-infested
Antarctic Sound now named after it – the expedition was unable to get further south than
Snow Hill Island. on penguins and seals they captured. Nordenskjöld and his team had explored the Larsen ice shelf and Jason Peninsula during the summer; unaware of the fate of the
Antarctic but better supplied than the ship's crew, they too settled in for another winter when the
Antarctic failed to arrive. With summer, in late 1903, the three men at Hope Bay decided to make another attempt to reach Nordenskjöld; his location was known to potential rescuers, while theirs was not. Although they veered south-west towards
Prince Gustav Channel, by chance Nordenskjöld's team had also decided to explore that area and the two teams met on 12 October 1903 near
Vega Island. Meanwhile Larsen had rowed across Hope Bay from Paulet Island with five men, to rescue the men he had left there. Arriving, they found the deserted hut and a note saying the men had left in another attempt to find Nordenskjöld. Larsen's boat therefore headed south to Snow Hill Island to attempt to find them there. On 8 November the Argentine ship
ARA Uruguay reached Snow Hill Island to rescue the two teams now re-united there; miraculously, Larsen and the five men from his boat arrived later in the afternoon, having seen the
Uruguay in the distance. The
Uruguay then sailed north to collect the remaining crew from Paulet Island. Only one crew member had been lost, succumbing to illness while overwintering on Paulet Island. == Larsen and South Georgia ==