An item reported that the steamship Gauss three years earlier built for the 25.000 pond sterling for the German Antarctica expedition (1), was sold to the Canadian government for just 15.000 pond sterling. She was to be used for transporting stores and coal for the government steamship Neptune which stayed during the winter in the Hudson Bay while used as survives for the coast of Labrador.
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1. The so-called Gauss Expedition between 1901-1903, led by professor Erich von Drygalski. The expedition returned in November 1903 at Kiel, Germany. The ship was built for 500.000 Marks with the Fram of Fridtjof Nansen as model by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel and launched on 2 April 1901. Barquentine rigged, 762 gross register tons, displacement 1.465 tons and as dimensions 46 x 11 x 4,8 metres or 150.11 x 36.1 x 15.9 feet. In Canadian service renamed Arctic and after 1925 left behind unused at her moorings. Broken up in 1926 or abandoned in 1927.
Note
1. The so-called Gauss Expedition between 1901-1903, led by professor Erich von Drygalski. The expedition returned in November 1903 at Kiel, Germany. The ship was built for 500.000 Marks with the Fram of Fridtjof Nansen as model by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel and launched on 2 April 1901. Barquentine rigged, 762 gross register tons, displacement 1.465 tons and as dimensions 46 x 11 x 4,8 metres or 150.11 x 36.1 x 15.9 feet. In Canadian service renamed Arctic and after 1925 left behind unused at her moorings. Broken up in 1926 or abandoned in 1927.
