Nils A. E. Nordenskiöld Discovers the Northeast Passage
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In 1879 Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, a Finnish scientist and explorer, completed the first transit of the Northeast Passage,...
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Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
1832-1901
Finnish Explorer and Scientist
Nils Adolf Nordenskiöld made a total of 10 voyages of exploration to the polar regions, exploring the areas around...
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Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld
Born November 18, 1832, Helsinki, Finland Died August 12, 1901, Stockholm, Sweden
Beginning in the sixteenth century, northern Europeans led expeditions to find new...
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The Finnish-Swedish polar explorer and mineralogist Baron Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832-1901) was the first to make a ship voyage from Scandinavia to Alaska through the Northeast Passage.Ado...
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Nils A. E. Nordenskiöld Discovers the Northeast Passage
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld, Baron