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Hydrographic Map of the Siberian Sea. Although unattributed, this appears tobe data acquired during the voyage of the VEGA across the Northeast Passagefrom northern Europe to the Pacific Ocean 1878-1879. Leader of theSwedish scientific expedition was Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiold and the captainof the vessel was Louis Palander, a Swedish naval officer.