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SCIENTIFIC TRAVELS. GEOGRAPHY.
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inconvenience from ice not being encountered till in the vicinity of the Behring
Straits. The Vega wintered, however, quite safely from Sept. 18, 1878, to July
18, 1879. Only a few days after the release from the ice that hemmed her in,
the Vega completed the North-East Passage. Her journey home was one prolonged
triumphal voyage, in acknowledgment of the accomplishment of one of the grandest
exploits of the century in the domain of geographical discovery.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
By G. vox Rosen.
The contributions made by Sweden in the direction of exploration did not,
naturally, cease with the success and the glory of her Vega expedition. During the
course of the eighties and nineties, a large number, both of expeditions of varying
proportions and of individual explorers made their way to the Arctic regions.
Among the leaders of these, besides A. E. Nordenskiöld, may be mentioned:
A. G. Nathorst (born 1850), G. De Geer (born 1858), G. Nordenskiöld
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