LSE4332659 On Christmas night aboard La Vega, a ship caught in the ice of the polar circle, the crew replaced the fir tree with float wood, wall of wicker branches, decorated with paper and candles, as well as various small items destined to be distributed to the crew members. Engraving from the Swedish edition, to illustrate the story ??????Voyage de la Vega around Asia and Europe?? by Nils Adolf Erik (Eric) Baron Nordenskjold (Nordenskiold) (1832-1901), 1878-1880, published in the Tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1882, Paris. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On Christmas night aboard La Vega, a ship caught in the ice of the polar circle, the crew replaced the fir tree with float wood, wall of wicker branches, decorated with paper and candles, as well as various small items destined to be distributed to the crew members. Engraving from the Swedish edition, to illustrate the story ??????Voyage de la Vega around Asia and Europe?? by Nils Adolf Erik (Eric) Baron Nordenskjold (Nordenskiold) (1832-1901), 1878-1880, published in the Tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), 1882, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.