Vasily Yakovlevich Chichagov

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Vasily Yakovlevich Chichagov

Russian explorer

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Arctic
Attempts from Svalbard and Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
…Svalbard under the command of Vasily Yakovlevich Chichagov. The next year, with three ships, Chichagov pushed north to 80°26′ N before being forced by ice to retreat. Seven years later Capt. John Constantine Phipps of the Royal Navy, in two ships, Racehorse and Carcass, tried to reach the pole from…
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…Svalbard under the command of Vasily Yakovlevich Chichagov. The next year, with three ships, Chichagov pushed north to 80°26′ N before being forced by ice to retreat. Seven years later Capt. John Constantine Phipps of the Royal Navy, in two ships, Racehorse and Carcass, tried to reach the pole from…
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