In 1876, Captain Joseph Wiggins reached the mouth of the Enisei River aboard his screw schooner Thames. This was the second expedition that approached this river from the sea in almost 150 years. The voyage paved a path for British commercial shipping in the Kara Sea, which saw its greatest intensity in the concluding decade of the 19th century. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Wiggins stubbornly continued staging expeditions even after repeated failures. His devotedness to the idea of establishing a sea highway to Siberia inspired others. This circumstance makes him a key figure in polar history. Regardless of the commercial nature of his expeditions, Wiggins was not an entrepreneur. Neither was he an accomplished polar explorer. In fact, we find in him the last of the merchant adventurers, the heir to Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor. This article focuses on Wiggins’s expedition of 1876–1877 to the Enisei River, which has not yet become an object of special attention in literature, and discusses the development and exploitation of the Kara Sea Route in connection with it.

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泰晤士河遇见 Enisei：约瑟夫威金斯船长对喀拉海和 Enisei 的远征，1876-1877

1876 年，约瑟夫·威金斯船长乘坐他的螺旋纵帆船抵达恩尼塞河口泰晤士河. 这是近 150 年来第二次从海上接近这条河流的探险队。这次航行为英国在喀拉海的商业航运铺平了道路，喀拉海在 19 世纪的最后十年达到了最高强度。与他同时代的许多人不同，威金斯即使在多次失败后仍顽固地继续进行探险。他致力于建立通往西伯利亚的海上公路的想法鼓舞了其他人。这种情况使他成为极地历史上的关键人物。不管他的探险的商业性质如何，威金斯都不是企业家。他也不是一个有成就的极地探险家。事实上，我们在他身上找到了最后一位商人冒险家，休·威洛比和理查德·钱塞勒的继承人。本文重点介绍威金斯 1876-1877 年对 Enisei 河的远征，