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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1994
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64368 |