SOME might call it ambitious, others madness. The Great Northern Expedition, dreamed up by Peter the Great in 1724 and completed five Russian rulers later in 1743, was the biggest, longest scientific expedition in history - undeniably ambitious, then. Thousands of people trekked 8000 kilometres from St Petersburg on Russia's western coast to Okhotsk on the Pacific, a terrible journey through the roadless and lawless wilds of Siberia. Those who then went on to sail in search of the Great Land (Alaska), endured scurvy and shipwreck. Only the overly optimistic could have believed it anything but madness.
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机译：有些人可能会说它野心勃勃，另一些人则疯了。由彼得大帝（Peter the Great）于1724年梦到的北方大探险，并于1743年晚些时候完成了五次俄罗斯统治，这是历史上最大，最长的科学探险-无疑是雄心勃勃的。成千上万的人从俄罗斯西部海岸的圣彼得堡行进了8000公里，到达太平洋的鄂霍次克，这是一次穿越西伯利亚无路无规的荒野的可怕旅程。后来航行以寻找大地（阿拉斯加）的人忍受了坏血病和沉船。只有过于乐观的人才能相信它，除了疯狂。
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