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Book/Printed Material Along the Russian Arctic Regions: Adolf Nordenskiöld's Voyage around Europe and Asia in 1878--80.

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Title

  • Along the Russian Arctic Regions: Adolf Nordenskiöld's Voyage around Europe and Asia in 1878--80.

Summary

  • This illustrated book by Eduard Andreevich Granstrem (1843--1918), a Russian writer of popular histories for young people, recounts the first successful navigation of the Northeast Passage, accomplished by the Finnish-born geographer and Arctic explorer Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832--1901) on the steamship Vega in 1878--79. A possible northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans had been discussed since the early 16th century, but Nordenskiöld was the first navigator to travel the entire water route along the northern coast of Europe and Asia. Accompanied by three other ships, the Vega left Karlskrona, Sweden, on June 22, 1878 with a crew of 21 men, plus a complement of officers and scientists. After sailing along the northern coast of Siberia, Nordenskiöld and his crew spent the winter frozen in the ice near the Bering Strait. They continued on to Japan in the summer of 1879, reaching Yokohama on September 2. Nordenskiöld returned to Sweden via the Suez Canal, reaching Stockholm on April 24, 1880, thereby circumnavigating the continents of both Asia and Europe. Granstrem's book also describes Russian and foreign expeditions in the Arctic Ocean prior to the late 19th century. This copy is in the Yeltsin Presidential Library in St. Petersburg.

Names

  • Granstrem, Ė. (Ėduard), 1844?-1918 Author.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg : K. Birkenfeld Publishing House, 1898.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  Russian Federation--Arkhangelsk Oblast
  • -  Russian Federation--Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  • -  Russian Federation--Kamchatka Krai
  • -  Russian Federation--Khabarovsk Krai
  • -  Russian Federation--Krasnoyarsk Krai
  • -  Russian Federation--Magadan Oblast
  • -  Russian Federation--Murmansk Oblast
  • -  Russian Federation--Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic
  • -  1878 to 1880
  • -  Description and travel
  • -  Exploration and encounters
  • -  Explorers
  • -  Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901
  • -  Northeast Passage
  • -  Russian Far East
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Voyages and travels

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "4th edition with a map and 63 illustrations."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 176 pages. 1 sheet frontispiece (portrait), 10 sheets of illustrations, maps : illustrations ; 21 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.
  • -  Content in Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666103

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Chicago citation style:

Granstrem, Ė. , 1844?-1918 Author. Along the Russian Arctic Regions: Adolf Nordenskiöld's Voyage around Europe and Asia in --80. Saint Petersburg: K. Birkenfeld Publishing House, 1898. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666103/.

APA citation style:

Granstrem, Ė. (1898) Along the Russian Arctic Regions: Adolf Nordenskiöld's Voyage around Europe and Asia in --80. Saint Petersburg: K. Birkenfeld Publishing House. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666103/.

MLA citation style:

Granstrem, Ė. , 1844?-1918 Author. Along the Russian Arctic Regions: Adolf Nordenskiöld's Voyage around Europe and Asia in --80. Saint Petersburg: K. Birkenfeld Publishing House, 1898. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666103/>.