The Great White North The story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the pole

CHAPTER XVI

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Baron A. E. von Nordenskjöld.—First voyage, 1858.—Accompanies succeeding Swedish expeditions.—Spitzbergen.—Voyage of _Sofia_.—1868.—Nordenskjöld’s journey to Greenland.—Voyage of the _Polhem_.—Attempt to reach the Pole by reindeer sledge.—Unexpected discouragements and disasters.—Voyage of the _Proven_.—1875.—The Kara Sea.—Journey repeated the following year.—In the _Ymer_.—Voyage of the _Vega_ 298