![]() ![]() ![]() It was the first soviet research base and the northernmost one in the world. The station was in function from 1929 to 1959. Editor’s note: Contact Sage Birchwater by email at sagebirchwatershaw.ca or on Facebook to buy a copy of 14 Months on Franz Joseph Land for 20.00 plus 5. ![]() ![]() We may visit an abandoned polar station at Tikhaya Bay on Hooker Island. Summerland: Danny Evanishen/ Ethnic Enterprises, 2002. Arctic foxes are also frequent guests here. The towering cliffs at the southern part of Cape Flora are home for the huge sea birds colony. Several monuments and crosses bear witness of these historical events.Īpart from the historic sites Cape Flora is famous for its thick carpets of mosses of deep red, green and yellow. Cape Flora is also the place where the memorable encounter of Jackson and Nansen took place. The members of this expedition had made a great contribution to the exploration of the archipelago. For 3 years - from 1894 to 1897 - the base of Frederick George Jackson British Expedition was placed at the area. Here Leigh Smith and his crew had to spend 10 months after their steam yacht Eira had been crushed by ice and sunk near the coast. Seals, bearded seals and an amazing species of mammals, chose Franz Josef Land and the water areas around it as his home.īeside flora and fauna Franz Josef Land’s highlights are the large amount of historical places, set up by members of various expeditions, who used Franz Josef Land as the springboard for reaching the North Pole.We hope to go on discovering the history of Arctic Exploration at Cape Flora, Northbrook Island. The waters of Franz Josef Land are visited by whales, including the Humpback, the Bowhead, the Barwhal and the White whale Beluga. There is also a population of Arctic fox, which typically have their territories near seabird habitats. On the flat tundra nest other species such as: Common Eider, Purple Sandpiper, Arctic Skua, Glaucous Gull, Ivory Gull, Arctic Tern and Snow Bunting.įranz Josef Land is home to two Arctic giants – the Polar bear and the walrus. Little Auk are common throughout the archipelago. Other seabirds such as Fulmar, Kittiwake, Brünnich's Guillemot, Black Guillemot and About 5 million sea birds nest on the archipelagoĮvery year, with the thick-billed guillemot accounting for 1 million. Franz Josef Land is a severe and amazing beautiful world of glaciers, mosses and lichens. Only 4 of the islands (George Land, Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island and Alexandra Land) have areas exceeding 100,000 hectares.Ĩ5% of the area of Franz Josef Land is covered by glaciers and it is the biggest frozen area of land in the Russian Arctic.ĭespite the truly harsh climate the nature of Franz Josef Land is unique in It is interesting to note that 71% of the total islands occupy only 0.4% of its area. Geographically, the Franz Josef Land is a group of 191 islands, stretching from west to east 375 km and from north to south 234 km. It was named in honor of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph the First. The distance of Franz Josef Land to the North Pole is only 900 km, to Kola Peninsula 1200 km and to Novaya Zemlya 360 km.įranz Josef Land was officially discovered in 1873 by the expedition Weyprecht K. Welcome to Franz Josef Land The biggest frozen area of land in the Russian Arctic.įranz Josef Land is the very special archipelago of uninhabited islands located in the north-eastern part of the Barents Sea and is the northernmost portion of the land of Eurasia. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |