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Download or read book The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe written by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of Nordenskiold's expedition through North East Passage in Vega in 1878-80. Abbreviated translation of Swedish original Vegas fard Kring Asien och Europa, Stockholm 1880-81.

Download or read book The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenski ld written by Alexander Leslie and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1879 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 'official report of the (Swedish) Royal Board of Health on the hygiene and care of the sick during the Swedish polar expedition, 1872-73' by A. Envall.

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