Transits of the North East Passage
MacFarlane, John M. (1990 - Revised 1995, 2011 & 2012) Transits of the North East Passage. Nauticapedia.ca 2012. http://nauticapedia.ca/Articles/NE_Fulltransits.php
| Year | Name | Master | Nationality | Vessel Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878-79 | Vega | Baron Adolf Erik Nordensiold (Expedition Leader) & Lt. Louis Pander (R.Sw.N.) in command of Vega | Sweden | steam whaler | They made the first transit, west to east, and circumnavigated Asia and Europe. |
| 1917c | Taimyr & Vaygach | Boris Viltiski and Admiral Alexander Kolchak | Russia | icebreakers | They made the first east to west transit. |
| 1918-20 | Maud | Raold Amundsen | Norway | schooner | West to east transit |
| 1932 | Aleksandr Sibiryakov | Vladimir Ivanovich Voronin | Russia | (ex Newfoundland sealer) | She left Arkhangel'sk with a scientific expedition under Otto Schmidt to Bering Strait. Vessel built at Glasgow in 1909. |
| 1934 | Litke | nk | Russia | icebreaker | Made the first east to west single season transit. |
| 1935 | (2 freighters) | nk | Russia | freighters | Each traveled in the opposite direction in a single season. |
| 1936 | Josif Stalin | nk | Russia | icebreaker | She was the first Soviet-built icebreaker. She made a double transit sailing in both directions in a single season. |
| 1940 | Komet | nk | Germany | naval raider | She was helped through from west to east in record time by two Soviet icebreakers. |
| 1940 | Josif Stalin & Kaganovich | nk | Russia | icebreakers | They helped the German naval raider Komet through from west to east in record time by two Soviet icebreakers. |
| 1991 | L'Astrolabe | nk | France | cruise ship | She sailed from Murmansk to Provideniya with Russian help utilizing satellite ice cover photos. The purpose of the voyage was to reopen the sea route for international ship traffic and to gain experience about navigation along the sea route for future merchant ship traffic. The expedition was organized by Mers Magnetique, a French association for conserving the ecology in the Arctic. |
| 1996-99 | Apostol Andrew | Dmitry Shparo & Matvey Shparo | Russia | Yacht | In 1996-1999 they transited the Northeast Passage (first by a yacht) and in 2001-2002 they transited the Northwest Passage. |
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