Geography in Sweden
At the Vega banquet of 24th April 1952, celebrating the return of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52, Sven Hedin told us in his dinner speech how as a boy he had seen the glorious return to Stockholm of SS Vega on 24th April 1880. Seeing the fireworks and the royal festivity...
Published in: | Belgeo |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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National Committee of Geography of Belgium
2013
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Online Access: | http://belgeo.revues.org/10085 |
Summary: | At the Vega banquet of 24th April 1952, celebrating the return of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52, Sven Hedin told us in his dinner speech how as a boy he had seen the glorious return to Stockholm of SS Vega on 24th April 1880. Seeing the fireworks and the royal festivity in honour of the conqueror of the Northeast-Passage, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, he took a solemn decision to return one day like Nordenskiöld as a hero explorer of unknown lands. With the Vega exped. |
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