Palander af Vega, Adolf Arnold Louis (1842–1920) – a Swedish naval officer and polar researcher. He was born in Karlskrona, Sweden. His father was an admiral of the Royal Swedish Navy and director of the Royal Navy dockyard in Karlskrona. At the age of 14, P. became a naval cadet. In 1864, he graduated from the Naval Academy as a second lieutenant and took part in an expedition to the Mediterranean Sea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia on the corvette “Gefle,” as well as in a voyage to the USA. In 1868, P. participated in the expedition of A. Nordenskiöld to Spitsbergen on the steamer “Sofia.” In 1869–1870, on the ship “Vanadis,” he took part in the expedition in the Mediterranean Sea. Then he became the ship’s captain on the postal steamer “Polhem,” first cruising during the winter of 1870–1871 between Gotland and mainland Sweden and then during 1871–1872 to secure the postal route across the Öresund in severe winter conditions. He was also the ship’s captain on the steamer “Polhem” during...
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(2016). Palander af Vega, Adolf Arnold Louis (1842–1920). In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_388
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