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Medal - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and Louis Palander Passing of the Northeast Passage
1879 year| Bronze | 57.05 g | 47.5 mm |
| Location | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1879 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 57.05 g |
| Diameter | 47.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#189880 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Port-side view of the SS Vega amidst the ice.
Script: Latin
Lettering: INVIA TENACI NULLA EST VIA
Engraver: Lea Ahlborn
Edge
Plain
Comment
The Vega Expedition was the first to navigate through the North East Passage between Europe and Asia, through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia. Since 1881 the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography has awarded a Vega Medal every three years.The steamship Vega (367 tons gross and 299 tons net register), was constructed in 1872 at Bremerhaven as a sealer and whaler and was converted for the expedition in Sweden. She was subsequently acquired from Norwegian owners by Robert Ferguson of Dundee in 1903 and was crushed in the ice and sunk on 31 May, the same year, in Melville Bay, Greenland.
