Vega Expedition

Map showing the route of the Vega expedition
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

The Vega Expedition (Swedish: Vegaexpeditionen) 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 Northeast Passage, the sea route between Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia.[1] Initially a troubled enterprise, the successful expedition is considered to be among the highest achievements in the history of Swedish science. [2]

  1. ^ Nordenskiöld, A. E. (2010). The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe. General Books. ISBN 9781153782234.
  2. ^ "Vega-expeditionen genom Nordostpassagen 1878-1880". University of Gothenburg. Retrieved April 1, 2019.