page_title: 1878 in science
section_title: Exploration
hierarchical_section_title: 1878 in science / Exploration
context_page_description: The year 1878 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
context_section_description: June 22 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld sets out on the year-long first navigation of the Northern Sea Route, the shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast.
caption: August – Cleopatra's Needle (horizontal) being raised in London.
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