Alexander Sibiryakov
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Alexander Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov was a Russian entrepreneur and explorer of Siberia.
Vega Expedition
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The Vega Expedition of 1878–1880, named after the SS Vega and under the leadership of Finland-Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, was the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeas
Return of explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld with the SS Vega to Stockholm on 24 April 1880
Swedish steamship SS Vega, used by Nordenskiöld during the expedition
SS Vega at anchor in the Penkigney Bay of the Bering Sea
SS Vega frozen into packed ice outside Piltekai, Siberia. Photo by Louis Palander