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The Great Northern Expedition

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Presented by Astley Jones
Vitus Bering led an expedition of 3,000 men and one woman across Siberia 250 years ago.
His party was to explore and survey the arctic coasts; to study the wildlife and to establish the existence of the straits that now bear his name and divide Alaska from Russia. The two naturalists in the expedition, Gmelin and Steller, collected a huge quantity of plants, most unknown to science. Today many of these, still in perfect condition, are stored in a strong room, protected from fire and flood beneath
Piccadilly. This is where the story begins...

(Repeated: Fri 11.0 am)

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Presenter:
Astley JonesWritten and compiled from original sources by: John Massey Stewart
Producer:
Geoffrey Sherlock
Source: Radio Times

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