The Nordenskiöld Base is a name used for the facilities shared by the

Antarctic The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antar ...

stations Wasa (Sweden) and Aboa (Finland).Research stations in Antarctica
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Otto Nordenskjöld Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Early life Nordenskjöld was born in Hässleby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a family that included his maternal unc ...

, a Finnish-Swedish polar explorer who led the first Swedish Antarctic Expedition.

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