Joseph Wiggins (1832-1905)

Joseph Wiggins occupies an unusual niche in arctic history. While undoubtedly an explorer, he devoted most of his career in the North not specifically to exploration but to the development of commercial relations between Great Britain and Russia by the exploitation of the sea route to the Ob' a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Stone, Ian R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
Subjects:
Expeditions
Explorers
History
Inland water navigation
Inland water transportation
Marine navigation
Marine transportation
Wiggins
Joseph
1832-1905
Arctic regions
Great Britain
Karskoye More
Sibir'
Russian Federation
Arctic
Sibir’
Yenisey
Siberia
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64368
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Summary:Joseph Wiggins occupies an unusual niche in arctic history. While undoubtedly an explorer, he devoted most of his career in the North not specifically to exploration but to the development of commercial relations between Great Britain and Russia by the exploitation of the sea route to the Ob' and Yenisey Rivers and thence into the centre of Siberia. He was active in the period during which the technological development of ships enabled the route to be practicable for cargo vessels, but before the Russian Revolution closed the route to trade from the West.

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