Kara Sea

Kara Sea is the portion of the Arctic Ocean lying between Nova Zembla and the Yamal Peninsula, off the Siberian coast. The rivers Obi and Yenisei discharge their waters into its north- eastern corner. Since Nordenskjöld's famous voyage in the Vega (1875) the English navigator, Captain Wiggins (who first demonstrated the navigability of the sea in the previous year), has more than once succeeded in carrying a cargo of merchandise to the mouth of the Yenisei, and getting back the same summer. The Kara Sea being thus navigable for about two months (July to September) in the year, it is hoped that it can be made available for an important trade with Siberia. Captain Hovgaard of the Danish navy urged in the Scottish Geographical Magazine (January 1890) that this would be the most feasible route whereby to reach the North Pole.