Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
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Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the noble Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a frihe
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld with the Vega Georg von Rosen (1886)
SS Vega (1872)
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SS Vega was a Swedish barque, built in Bremerhaven, Germany in 1872. The Vega was the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northeast Passage, and the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
…explorations in 1867, 1870, 1872 and 1875, led him to attempt the discovery of the long-sought Northeast Passage. This he accomplished in the voyage of the SS Vega, navigating for the first time the northern coasts of Europe and Asia. Starting from Karlskrona on 22 June 1878, the Vega doubled Cape Chelyuskin in…
The Vega, painting by Jacob Hägg
Vega monument in Stockholm
Return of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld with the Vega to Stockholm on April 24, 1880
![Bath in Kusatsu i by Vega expedition member Olof Sörling [sv] during S/S Vega's stay in Japan September–November 1879](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bath_in_kusatsu.jpg/500px-Bath_in_kusatsu.jpg)
Bath in Kusatsu i by Vega expedition member Olof Sörling [sv] during S/S Vega's stay in Japan September–November 1879