The Voyage Of The Vega Round Asia And Europe Part 65

ABSTRACT OF THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA

Distance traversed English 1878 geographical miles Karlskrona--Copenhagen June 22--24 144 Copenhagen--Gothenburg ,, 26, 27 134 Gothenburg--Tromsoe July 4--17 1,040 Tromsoe--Chabarova ,, 21--30 930 Chabarova--Port d.i.c.kson Aug 1--6 580 Port d.i.c.kson--Cape Chelyuskin ,, 10--19 510 Cape Chelyuskin--Preobraschenie Island ,, 20--24 385 Preobraschenie Island--the Mouth of the Lena ,, 24--27 380 The Mouth of the Lena--Irkaipij Aug 27--Sept 12 1,260 Irkaipij--Pitlekaj Sept 18--28 235 _The Wintering_ Sept 28, 1878-- July 18, 1879

1879 Pitlekaj--St. Lawrence Bay July 18--20 190 St. Lawrence Bay--Port Clarence ,, 21, 22 120 Port Clarence--Konyam Bay ,, 26--28 160 Konyam Bay--St. Lawrence Island ,, 30, 31 90 St. Lawrence Island--Behring Island Aug 2--14 900 Behring Island--Yokohama Aug. 19--Sept 2 1,715 Yokohama--Kobe Oct. 11--13 360 Kobe--Nagasaki ,, 18--21 410 Nagasaki--Hong Kong Oct. 27--Nov 2 1,080 Hong Kong--Labuan Nov. 9--17 1,040 Labuan--Singapore ,, 21--28 750 Singapore--Point de Galle Dec. 4--15 1,510 Point de Galle--Aden Dec. 22--Jan. 7, 1880 2,200

1880 Aden--Suez Jan. 9--27 1,320 Suez--Naples Feb. 3--14 1,200 Naples--Lisbon Feb. 29--March 11 1,420 Lisbon--Falmouth March 16--25 745 Falmouth--Vlissingen April 5--8 345 Vlissingen--Copenhagen ,, 10--16 632 Copenhagen--Stockholm ,, 20--24 404 --------- Total 22,189

[Footnote 392: An accident also happened during the first half of the expedition, the steersman, in backing among drift-ice, having been thrown over the wheel and hurt very seriously. ]

[Footnote 393: Further particulars on this point are given in the Annual Address on the Progress of Geography by the Right Hon. the Earl of Northbrook (_Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society_, 1880, p. 401). ]

[Footnote 394: During our visit to London we had no opportunity of taking part in any of the meetings of the Society, but some time after the Society gave Palander the Founders Gold Medal (I had in 1869 obtained the same distinction) and elected me an Honorary Corresponding Member. ]

[Footnote 395: These are enumerated in the _Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie_, Mai, 1880, p. 463. In the same part (p. 450) there is also a report of the speeches made at the _seance de reception_. ]

[Footnote 396: The medal was accompanied by an "extrait du registre de proces-verbaux du conseil munic.i.p.al de la ville de Paris," a caligraphic masterpiece illuminated in various colours and gold. The _Conseil munic.i.p.al_ also ordered a detailed description of the _fete_ to be printed, with the t.i.tle _Relation officielle de le reception de M. le Professeur Nordenskiold par le conseil munic.i.p.al de Paris le lundi 5 Avril_ 1880. ]

[Footnote 397: Among others to all who took part in the Expedition a _Vega_ medal, specially struck, to be worn on a blue-yellow riband on the breast. It may perhaps be of interest for numismatists to know that the medals distributed on account of the _Vega_ expedition are to be found delineated in the eighth and ninth parts of the Swedish Family Journal for 1880. To those that are there delineated there have since been added a medal struck by the Finnish Society of Sciences, and the Anthropological-Geographical Society's medal. ]