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The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
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With a Historical Review of Previous Journeys Along the North Coast of the Old World
出版Cambridge University Press, 2012-05-10
主題History / Europe / GeneralHistory / Expeditions & DiscoveriesNature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions
ISBN11080498349781108049832
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5ZnB8uh65KsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Finnish geologist and Arctic explorer A. E. Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) spent much of his life in exile in Sweden, where he was made a baron. He served as Superintendent of the Mineralogical Department of the Swedish Royal Museum, and later became a Member of the Swedish Academy. Following a number of expeditions during the 1860s, he concluded that the North Pole could not be reached by ship, and in 1872 he tried unsuccessfully to reach it overland. A great historian of cartography, he amassed a huge collection of maps, now included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World' Register. This two-volume work, published in Swedish in 1881, describes his most famous voyage, the first crossing of the North-East Passage. Volume 1 includes details of the flora, fauna, people and geology encountered on the journey from Tromso to the Bering Strait, along with a review of previous exploration in the region.