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 Dickson Aug 1—6 580
Port Dickson—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
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Total 22,189
FOOTNOTES:
[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.
[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).
[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.
[395] These are enumerated in the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie, Mai, 1880, p. 463. In the same part (p. 450) there is also a report of the speeches made at the séance de réception.
[396] The medal was accompanied by an "extrait du registre de procès-verbaux du conseil municipal de la ville de Paris," a caligraphic masterpiece illuminated in various colours and gold. The Conseil municipal also ordered a detailed description of the fête to be printed, with the title Relation officielle de le réception de M. le Professeur Nordenskiöld par le conseil municipal de Paris le lundi 5 Avril 1880.
[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.