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CHAPTER XII.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE.—SEVERE CRITICISMS ON NORDENSKJÖLD.
THE Arctic expeditions made during the period from
1734 to 1743 have only in part any connection with
the object of this work. These expeditions were, it is
true, planned by Bering, and it was due to his activity
and perseverance that they were undertaken. He secured
vessels, men, and means, and had charge of the first
unsuccessful attempt; he was responsible to the government,
and in his zeal went just as far as his instructions would
allow him. But his own special task soon taxed his time
too heavily to permit him to assume charge of the Arctic
expeditions. They were not carried out until several
years after his departure from Yakutsk,—after he had
ceased to be their leader. We have already shown
Bering’s important relation to them, something which has
never before been done in West European literature.
Hence our object, namely, to give Bering his dues, may
therefore best be accomplished by giving a short account
of the results achieved by these expeditions.
The world has never witnessed a more heroic geographical
enterprise than these Arctic expeditions. In five or
six different directions—from the Petchora, the Obi, the
Yenesei, and the Lena—the unknown coasts of the Old
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