Out of Diaries: 28 April 1769
On 28 April 1769, Maximilian Hell’s expedition in Vardø almost came to a premature end. Since October 1768 Hell and his assistant had waited on the remote island in the Arctic Circle for the day of the...
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Vardø was hidden under a thick blanket of white. A few weeks previously yet another storm had bucketed more snow on to the little island, but at least the long months of winter darkness had ended....
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