▁people ▁Category : F rench ▁male ▁j avel in ▁throw ers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Great ▁Northern ▁Ex ped ition ▁() ▁or ▁Second ▁Kam chat ka ▁expedition ▁() ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁expl oration ▁enter pr ises ▁in ▁history , ▁mapping ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁coast ▁of ▁Si ber ia ▁and ▁some ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁America ▁coast line , ▁greatly ▁reducing ▁" white ▁areas " ▁on ▁maps . ▁It ▁was ▁conce ived ▁by ▁Russian ▁Emperor ▁Peter ▁I ▁the ▁Great , ▁but ▁implemented ▁by ▁Russian ▁Em press es ▁Anna ▁and ▁Elizabeth . ▁The ▁main ▁organ iser ▁and ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁expedition ▁was ▁Vit us ▁Ber ing , ▁who ▁earlier ▁had ▁been ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Peter ▁I ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁First ▁Kam chat ka ▁expedition . ▁The ▁Second ▁Kam chat ka ▁Ex ped ition ▁last ed ▁roughly ▁from ▁ 1 7 3 3 – 1 7 4 3 ▁and ▁later ▁was ▁called ▁the ▁Great ▁Northern ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁immense ▁scale ▁of ▁its ▁achiev ements . ▁ ▁The ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁find ▁and ▁map ▁the ▁eastern ▁reaches ▁of ▁Si ber ia , ▁and ▁hopefully ▁the ▁western ▁sh ores ▁of ▁North ▁America . ▁Peter ▁I ▁had ▁a ▁vision ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁Russian ▁Navy ▁to ▁map ▁a ▁Northern ▁Sea ▁Route ▁from ▁Europe ▁to ▁the ▁Pacific . ▁This ▁far - re aching ▁endeav our ▁was ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁Admir alty ▁College ▁in ▁St . ▁Petersburg . ▁ ▁With ▁over ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁directly ▁and ▁indirect ly ▁involved