Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: MacDonald, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Biographies; Biology; Chukchis; Expeditions; Explorers; Geological exploration; History; Marine navigation; Meteorology; Nordenskiöld; Nils Adolf Erik; 1832-1901; Palaeontology; Research; Sailing directions; Arctic waters; Greenland; Russian Arctic waters; Svalbard; Antarctic; Arctic; Nils; North Star; Northwest Passage; Patagonia; Queen Maud Gulf; Antarc*; Antarctica; chukchis; Northeast Passage; Northwest passage; Spitzbergen; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64736

In the shallow Queen Maud Gulf a series of small islands, named by Amundsen during his Northwest Passage voyage, commemorate the arctic exploits of a remarkable Finnish-Swede, Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Though best known for his epic voyage in the Vega, which went through the Northeast Passage an...