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Soviet-Norwegian Historical Expedition to Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Susan Barr
Affiliation:
NAVF/Norsk Polarinstitutt, P.O. Box 158, N-1330 Oslo Lufthavn, Norway

Abstract

In summer 1990 a Soviet-Norwegian expedition spent three weeks travelling to and around Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Joseph Land). The main purpose of the expedition was to locate the remains of Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen's wintering quarters of 1895–96, and other historical sites at Cape Flora, Eira Harbour, Camp Ziegler, Buchta Tichaja and Teplitz Bay were also visited. The group experienced an amazing openness in this area which has been closed to visitors since 1930. The historical sites and their present condition are described.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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